Susan Hulme MW

Feudo Montoni

Occasionally, when you visit a vineyard and a producer, in whatever troubled, busy or preoccupied state of mind you happen to be in, you are stopped in your tracks and transformed by something almost spiritual in the place and the people. So it was with Feudo Montoni and our meeting with its delightful owner, Fabio Sireci. Continue reading →

Hand of God – The Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

7 Apr ’12

The hand of God touched the land and that’s how the beautiful glacial Finger Lakes in upstate New York were formed. That’s how it was told to me, and if you look at the pattern of the five main Finger … Continue reading →

Calabash

29 Feb ’12

I didn’t know Gary Rhodes had a restaurant in the Caribbean, let alone Grenada but when we discovered the Calabash was only a 20 minutes journey away from our hotel, I had to go. It would be rude not to! … Continue reading →

Hello Wembley!

19 Jan ’12

Standing under the England sign at the entrance of the pitch, imagining the excitement of the players and the crowd before they go on the pitch was quite a thrill. Continue reading →

Biodynamic viticulture – Alvaro Espinoza

13 Nov ’11

It was good to meet up again with Alvaro Espinoza in Chile. Continue reading →

De Martino

7 Nov ’11

Family-owned De Martino have a long tradition of winemaking but are also at the forefront of innovation when it comes to discovering Chile’s new wine regions and expressing her diverse terroir… Continue reading →

Travels In Argentina

30 Sep ’11

We finally arrived at the pretty, white colonial building of El Esteco – a little oasis in a beautiful valley, surrounded by two dramatic mountain ranges. There was a lovely feeling of calm and the heady scent of orange blossom filled the air, wafted from the beautiful series of courtyards and gardens that make up the grounds of the hotel… Continue reading →