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Daily Archives: March 11, 2025

Best Pauillac 2022 tasted in bottle

Mouton Rothschild 2022 line up Pauillac always seems to deliver the goods and in the hot and dry vintage of 2022 the gravel soils coped extremely well. Scroll down for the top-rated Pauillac 2022 in… Source : https://www.decanter.com/premium/best-pauillac-2022-tasted-in-bottle-552492/

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Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine Mayard, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Arthur Mayard of Domanie Mayard in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Did you know there is a website where you can compare the average prices of vineyard land across France? Here are some examples, per hectare of vines in 2023: Touraine, Loire: €7,000 (£5,880) Côtes du Rhône: €23,000 (£19,315) Gigondas, Rhône: €215,000 (£180,530) Côte d’Or, Burgundy: €983,800 (£826,080) Pomerol, Bordeaux: €2,000,000 (£1,679,420) The website …

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Ojai wine and travel guide: The perfect three-day itinerary

The Ojai Mountain Estate. Nestled in a picturesque valley framed by the Topatopa Mountains, Ojai (pronounced ‘OH-hi’) derives its name from the Chumash word ’Awha’y, meaning ‘moon.’ Just 90 minutes north of Los Angeles and southeast of Santa Barbara County’s wine country, this small yet vibrant town on Chumash land offers wine, food, art and nature, perfect for filling a …

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Editors’ picks – March 2025

Geographic Wines: Four-handed expressiveness and purity Ines Salpico Partners in life and business, Nuno Morais Vaz and Daniela Matias are the talented duo behind Portuguese project Geographic Wines. I’ve known Morais Vaz since before the project’s inception, and it has been a pleasure to see his partnership with Matias flourish and come into focus; her clear-headedness and low-intervention approach are …

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What to pair with West African flavours

MoSuke’s pèpè soup, which features mackerel, red mullet, okra and mussels. In February 2024, Adejoké Bakare became the first black woman in the UK to be awarded a Michelin star – for Chishuru, her restaurant reimagining Nigerian and Ghanaian dishes. Now in new central London digs, Chishuru joins the rise of modern West African cuisine in the capital, alongside two-star …

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