A couple of months ago I was given a last minute opportunity to record an interview with Christina Boutari of the enormous Boutari Grecian wine empire.
Having visited Boutari’s historic Nemea winery back in the Summer of 2010, and having been a great fan of their myriad bottlings over the years since, it was a delight to get to share a couple of drinks with Christina Boutari and discuss her thoughts on the future of her family’s wine business.
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Around 18 months ago I happened to pop in to see my Sommelier friend Curtis Elson at Toronto’s One Restaurant. As Sommeliers are oft want to do, Curtis proffered me a glass of wine blind, meaning that the provenance of the wine was unknown to me and that he was hoping that I would make an attempt to deduce from whence it came. And such was my very first introduction to the wines of Bellbird Spring…
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Jamie Drummond sits down for brunch at the Fairmont Royal York’s Epic Restaurant to talk wine with Ilaria Petitto from Donnachiara, Campania, Italy. Ilaria’s family are fifth generation Winegrowers who are aiming to reinvigorate the region’s wines with their refreshingly contemporary wines.
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Good Food Revolution have the opportunity to sit down with New Zealand’s living legend Sir George Fistonich of Villa Maria fame, and discovers some of the secrets of the early Kiwi wine industry.
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While I was tasting through the hundreds of wines on offer at Cape Wine Europe last Fall, it quickly became apparent that something had changed in the world of South African wines. In the span of around 10 years, where I had obviously been asleep at the wheel, a veritable vinous revolution had taken place. South African Chenin Blanc, that mediocre underacheiver of the highest order, had turned out to be the prodigal son after all.
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