What is meant by Natural Wine?
I was recently asked by a WSET Diploma student in France to help with some research for his assignment. This is an area that I would like to pursue further in my wine making pursuits, but is it a step too far? This questionnaire made me think a little deeper about it....
Wine Shows – are they a good or a bad thing?
Do you judge or buy wine based on the medals it has won? Like most things there are two sides to every story so let's delve a little deeper and you'll see what I mean. The stickers on a wine bottle can be quite misleading. Have you ever looked at the shows that...
Winemaking Equipment Upgrade
What a little ripper! We have just bought a manual forklift with a capacity to lift 1 Tonne to a height of 2.8m. This may not seem like much but it allows us to lift vats and barrels allowing wine to be gravity fed during the transfer process. No more pumps. No more...