The Sideways effect: “If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving.  I am not drinking any f*****g Merlot“,  Miles pronounces in the film Sideways.  If like me,...

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...

In 2009 the talented, energetic Fabio Motta acquired 4 hectares of vines in a prime location within the Bolgheri DOC, home of Sassicaia, Ornellaia and...

Marcus explaining that this Austrian Acacia barrel was made for his father’s 40th birthday and is still in use today. Back in the 1990’s, the...

Just a few weeks ago I was seeing in the New Year with friends holding hands, cross-armed and trying to join in with the singing...

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...

The festive spirit only really comes alive in our house in mid-December, the day after my wife’s birthday… but I think I may have snaffled...

Is this an ‘I was there’ wine moment? I think so. I was there. I bought the first ever vintage of Alheit Cartology, the 2011. It was revolutionary to...

I first visited Paul Meunier just after his maiden vintage in 2014 after a tip-off that a bright, young, talented winemaker was breathing life back into former...