Armenia – The Oldest Newest Wine Country
Exploring Armenian Wine, Culture and History This spring, I had the great pleasure of visiting Armenia – and Armenia and Armenian wine has actually been on my bucket list for a decade by now. Armenia… Why Armenia? A reasonable question, as neither Armenia nor Armenian wine is very well known outside of the region. However,…
Nyetimber – the jewel of English sparkling wine
No English producer of sparkling wine fits the ‘luxury item’ better than Nyetimber in West Chiltington, Sussex. Nyetimber got its name from a mentioning of ‘Nitimbreha’ back in 1086 and England’s first ever Prestige Cuvée was actually named ‘1086 by Nyetimber’ to commemorate this. In terms of vines and wines, Nyetimber has been around since…
Quo vadis, England? Brilliant Sparklings Leading the Way – Increased Focus on Still Wines
If English wine producers are feeling really good about the way, things are going, as we move on to 2026, who am I to blame them! In what is still a marginal climate, England has truly emerged as a wine region to be reckoned with an one delivering very good vintages – maybe not yet…
Mondial des Vins Blancs 2026 – and the very first European Red & Rosé Wine Contest
Mondial des Vins Blancs 2026 will take place on March 14th and 15th in the beautiful city of Strasbourg. Danes may still remember Agger Vin winning a Gold medal in 2025 and this is such a great opportunity for Danish and Swedish wineries alike to shine at the prestigious Mondial des Vins Blancs, one of the…
Denmark, a Future ‘Ugly Duckling’? – 25 Years of Wine Making in the Far North
Talking about Denmark, would you even consider talking about wine? Probably not. You would talk about Lego, Tivoli and Hans Christian Andersen – and more recently, Novo Nordisk – and this is all quite logical, since Denmark is located quite far to the north and at 56 degrees north, we sit way off the ‘ribbon…
Kalogris Organic Winery and the Many Faces of Moschofilero
Mantineia in western Peloponnese is both the birthplace and the homeland of the highly interesting Moschofilero variety, a variety probably originating from this very area, where it was allegedly mentioned already in the early 17th century. The vine of Pausanias, which is believed by many to be the oldest vine in the world, is located…
Le Mondial des Vins Blancs 2025 – Gold medal awarded to Danish Wine
Modern day wine world is so big. Grapes are grown across the globe including in places, most people could not imagine. One such example is the planning of vineyards in Bhutan in the Himmalaya Mountains. Only a decade ago, who would have thought… At the same time, more and more different grape varieties draw attention…
Le Mondial des Vins Blancs 2025 to take place this April, 2025 marks the inclusion of dealcoholized and partially dealcoholized wines in the competition
The 27th edition of Le Mondial des Vins Blancs is will take place early April in Strasbourg. The competition is the only global competition, which is entirely dedicated to the diversity of the world’s white wines, and wines from every continent will be challenging each other. Since its earliest days as Riesling du Monde in…
Champagne Pommery – Let Us Celebrate 150 Years of Brut Champagne
Champagne as a wine region dates back centuries and today the prevailing style of Champagne is Brut and consequently the vast majority of Champagne is sent on the market labelled as Brut, but this was by no means the case, when Champagne was first discovered. Although wine was made in Champagne at least back in…
Exploring The Balkans – let’s go treasure hunting!
If there was ever a vastly underappreciated, yet highly interesting wine region, that region would be the Balkans – and this should not be the case, since the region has everything in place to secure a spot in the limelight. Talking about the Balkans, I refer to all of Western Balkans, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece…
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