The Almacenista story in Jerez Few wines are subject to as many misguided assumptions as Sherry – it’s all brown and sweet, it keeps forever,...

 The Papal Palace in Avignon In 1405, fed up with the Vatican’s double-dealing and intrigue, Pope Clement the fifth fled to France settling in Avignon....

 October is “Shop Rioja” month here at TGWS. Welcome to a month of immersion therapy in Spain’s most successful liquid export….   My own Rioja...

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

  As a self-confessed Riesling nut and whilst in the midst of an Indian summer with a few more hot days in the forecast what...

The term ‘new wave’ is such a cliché, isn’t it? However, I cannot think of a better term to describe the changes taking place in...

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...

  A brand-new shop, open for only nine months, three of which behind closed doors and an entirely new team. Who would have thought anything like...

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...