Unsurprisingly, it has been just over a year since I was last abroad. I miss the travel, meeting wine makers and tasting their wines...

Writing a blog piece occasionally leaves me wondering where to begin – not with New Wave South Africa, I almost witnessed its birth. I was...

The region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (very easy to get confused with the grape variety called Montepulciano d’Abruzzo which has nothing to do with...

    Now that the Autumn equinox has passed and we see the nights beginning to draw in, I must confess that I’m relieved to...

Walking in the Dolomites during an adventurous family summer holiday, I traumatised my then 12-year-old daughter by mentioning to her that there were wild bears...

How many memorable discoveries begin with “why don’t you try this?” In this instance the offer was very tempting and completely legal – a new...

None of my three boys, whose Great Uncle was once the Liverpool manager, has ever experienced the club winning the title of English football’s top-tier....

Pieter Walser is the brains behind the BLANK bottle concept. He reminds me of the most popular boy at school who effortlessly excels at everything...

Regular visitors to The Good Wine Shop may well have already come across the whiskies of the Benromach distillery, they have been a staple of...