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15 Japanese Sake Terms You Need to Know to Look Like an Expert

by Juel

Following on my previous post, here are fifteen Japanese Sake terms to make you look like an expert the next time you order Sake. Kanpai! 1. Ginjo Ginjo is a highly polished style of sake. 2. Daijingo Daijingo is even more polished than Ginjo. If you see this on the label, you can expect a clean and delicate style, with fruit and floral aromas...

November 21, 2020
Japan, Japanese Sake

Recent Posts

15 Japanese Sake Terms You Need to Know to Look Like an Expert

Published by Juel

Following on my previous post, here are fifteen Japanese Sake terms to make you look like an expert the next time you order Sake. Kanpai! 1. Ginjo Ginjo is...

November 21, 2020
Japan, Japanese Sake

How to Read a Japanese Sake Label

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With so many unfamiliar terms, and often in Japanese, Sake can be an impenetrable subject. To read a Japanese Sake label, where is the best place to start? In...

November 20, 2020
Japan, Japanese Sake

5 signs you are not ready for natural wine. Yet.

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Having a glass of wine over Zoom – as is the way, lately – I was talking to an old colleague who lives in Sydney. She wanted to know...

September 3, 2020
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New Kylie Minogue Côtes de Provence Rosé

Published by Juel

Well, knock me over with a feather. The new Kylie Minogue Côtes de Provence Rosé is quite a serious Provençal rosé

August 24, 2020
Fashion, France

In the News: Wine Tariffs

Truck and Trailer Approaching a City 1973 Jeffery Smart

Protectionism in the Global Drinks Trade: The Role of Tariffs and Non-Tariff Trade Barriers

by Juel

Here is the recent essay I wrote for the WSET Diploma Unit 1 assignment – Protectionism in the Global Drinks Trade – a topic that is becoming more relevant and critical as we approach the Brexit deadline in March 2019. This is written as an academic essay outlining the tools of protectionism, such as tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers, and how they are used...

March 17, 2018
Turkey, Wine, Wine Tariffs

Sparkling Wine and Champagne

David Hockney A Bigger Splash
June 23, 2015

The Perfect Splash: Champagne Nathalie Falmet Le Val Cornet NV

Once in a while I taste a Grower Champagne* that could break through the noise of big brand Champagne marketing. Brilliant...

by Juel
June 18, 2015

Ayala Champagne Brut Majeur NV at Hook Camden

Whenever I hear of the Champagne Ayala, I instinctively move the Y-sound and think of the French fashion designer, Azzedine...

by Juel
July 31, 2013

Which is the best Dom Perignon vintage: 2004, 2002, 2000

“Dancing, music, champagne. The best way to forget until you find something you want to remember….” Marlene Dietrich to...

by Juel
June 23, 2013

Jacquart Champagne Cuvee Alpha 2005 launch at Atelier Brancusi Paris

On a balmy Tuesday night in Paris, Jacquart Champagne launched their new prestige cuvee from Jacquart – the much anticipated...

by Juel
February 1, 2013

Dom Perignon Rose 2002

I remember vividly the two types of customers who coveted Dom Perignon Rose. There was the geeky Champagne collector who...

by Juel
October 7, 2012

Waris-Larmandier Sensation

After being chatted up by a few Champagnes at a tasting, it was good to have a real conversation...

by Juel
February 3, 2012

2003 Dom Perignon: Dark Revelations

If fine wine can be defined by how much it develops in the glass over time, prestige Champagne is by how...

by Juel
June 6, 2011

New Moët & Chandon Imperial Ice Champagne

As Miles Davis put it, “If I don’t like what they write, I get into my Ferrari and I...

by Juel
September 6, 2010

Champagne, darkly: Blanc de Noirs

This is the time to pull out the Blanc de Noirs Champange. Blanc de Noirs literally means white from...

by Juel
February 16, 2010

2010 Wish List #4: Krug Rosé (half bottle)

Yes, it must be a half-bottle. Of course, it would be more practical, economical and sensible to buy a...

by Juel
January 27, 2010

2010 Wish List #5: Inflorescence Champagne

  Coming in at number five on my 2010 wish list is Cedric Bouchard’s Champagne, Inflorescence.      ...

by Juel
January 6, 2009

New Years Eve champagne

Still recovering.   I know – a week after New Years’ Eve.    Drank some very good champagne –...

by Juel

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Travel Stories: Germany

Donnhoff Riesling and climate change. A visit to the Donnhoff vineyards in Nahe, Germany

by Juel

As we walked up towards the famous Hermannshöhle vineyard in the Nahe, Helmut Donnhoff shouted back to of us, slowing down everyone by taking photos of the spectacularly steep vines, “Hurry up. There are beers waiting for us a the end!”  He has known this vineyard since he was a child. The Hermannshöhle vineyard was replanted in 1949, the year of his birth. As he showed us the frost damage on the canes from April frost, he explained how strange it was for this vineyard to be affected by frost,   “Cornelius (his son, who is now the winemaker, born in 1980) did not believe that frost could happen here. Now he knows that anything can happen.” He recalled his first vintage was 1971, one of the best vintages of the century. We joked that 1971 was a high standard to forever live up to. As we drove up to the Felsenberg vineyard near the “Donnhoff Castle” I asked, “What is the difference between working in the 2017 and 1971 vintage?” He thought for a while, slowing...

August 11, 2017
Germany, Wine Regions

Travel Stories: Lebanon

Lebanon, Lebanon Diary, Mediterranean wines, Wine Regions

Lebanon Diary – From Beirut to Paris

Lebanon Diary Lebanon Diary – Day 1 and Lebanon Diary – Day 2  Overlooking the electrical storm over Beirut from my hotel room*, the city is peaceful. The rain has...

November 17, 2014
Lebanon, Lebanon Diary, Mediterranean wines, Wine Regions

Lebanon Diary – Day 2

Lebanon Diary Lebanon Diary – Day 1  What is Lebanese wine, especially from the Bekaa Valley? What is Lebanon? Everyone is still out drinking Arak at Domaine des Tourelles, but...

November 12, 2014
Lebanon, Lebanon Diary, Mediterranean wines, Wine Regions

Lebanon Diary – Day 1

I am writing this in a hotel on the Road to Damascus. The actual road, which is called – wait for it, I am not joking – Damascus Road....

November 11, 2014

Italian wine

June 6, 2020

New Dolce & Gabbana rosé – Donnafugata ‘Rosa’ 2019 Sicilia...

New Dolce & Gabbana rosé in collaboration with Donnafugata - 'Rosa' 2019 Sicilia DOC Rosato

by Juel
April 2, 2019

Sweet diversity: Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG

The smoothness of the driving experience has changed. Now when you sit in a new car you can’t feel...

by Juel
September 13, 2018

Sea change in Maremma: a dinner with Podere Sapaio Bolgheri DOC

Let’s be upfront, there have been a few Sassicaia wannabes when it comes to Bolgheri DOC: ambitious wines made...

by Juel
July 16, 2018

Enter the Jewellery Box: Brunello di Montalcino Subzones

From 1869, up until the end of World War II, there was only one ‘brunello’ in Montalcino and that...

by Juel
December 6, 2017

Viva Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

With most of my days spent in front of a screen lately – for work and study – it...

by Juel
Ben Ryé Passito di Pantelleria
November 11, 2016

Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryé, Donnafugata at The Modern Pantry, London

Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryé Grape: Zibbibo (Moscato di Alexandria)Region: Sicilia DOCYear: 2014Alcohol: 14.5%Price: £39 Supplier: Liberty Wines Why...

by Juel
August 7, 2016

2010 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy

2010 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy If you put your ear up to the glass like a...

by Juel
February 7, 2016

A visit to Lina Stores in Soho

  Squid ink ravioli with brown crab meat for starters. Ace Fiano Greco blend from Basilicata – a fairly...

by Juel

Burgundy

Chablis food pairing at The Chancery LondonMineral is a loaded word in wine circles. Someone will always ask reproachfully, “Have...June 5, 2015

Burgundy Young GunsThe generation shift happening in Burgundy is one of the great trends in wine...February 18, 2015

2012 Burgundy vintage – the new normal?I was reminded of Schumacher when I was in snowy Burgundy recently to taste...December 10, 2013

Environment

For whom the bell tolls: Chateau Angelus and organic viticulture

Published by Juel

How is a top Chateau on Bordeaux’s Right Bank preparing for climate change? The big news for Chateau Angelus in St Emilion is they received their organic certification this...

September 14, 2018
Environment, Wine

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