Lorena was born in Switzerland in a small fishing village of 1500 people. Despite the remote surroundings of her upbringing, she was exposed to a wide variety of music from a young age. Her Swiss father was into The Beatles, Creedence...
For the first time, Yann Durrmann has decided to make all three of his Grand Cru Rieslings without filtration or any sulphur additions. He has a 0.2 hectare plot of the Moenchberg hill and 0.8 hectares on each of Wiebeslberg...
At the beginning of February, I spent a week in the Loire valley attending various wine fairs and visiting a couple of producers. It was a great opportunity to discover some winemakers that were new to me as well as...
Back in August 2022 I was lucky enough to visit Francesco Pozzobon, the man behind the Tenuta Foresto winery in Nizza, Monferrato. He hails from the Veneto region but decided to move to Piedmont (after a brief stint living in...
We started Tasting Notes in January of this year and something I've enjoyed about it is connecting winemakers to the people who enjoy drinking their wines. This seems particularly relevant for the 9th edition. I spoke to James Hines who...
This month, Tasting Notes is taking a dark turn as we dive into the musical tastes of Ed Fenwick. We first got to know Ed when he came into Highbury Library after an Arsenal game and ended up doing shots...
It's too weird to write about myself in the third person so here we are. I have made the 6th instalment of Tasting Notes whilst thoroughly enjoying a bottle of Yetti and the Kokonut's Fruit Basket Block 2021. I started...
This time we complete the Duckie puzzle with a playlist from the other half of London's Readers Wifes, Mark Johnstone. At time of writing this, tonight is the last ever Duckie club night at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern so it...
