Winery Spotlights

A special visit to Quinta da Pacheca

The one-week river cruise on Portugal’s Douro River was not intended to be work, but hey: you can’t send me on a trip through a vineyard area as exciting as the Douro and expect me to go cold turkey.

Pikes celebrate 40th anniversary

Established in 1984 by brothers Andrew and Neil Pike along with their parents Edgar and Merle, this is one of the great wine success stories of the Clare Valley.

Waiting to pick at Clos Henri

The 2024 vintage in Marlborough, as described in the accompanying piece, was warm, dry and windy. However, Damien Yvon of organic vineyard Clos Henri explains that things are not quite that simple.

A Thousand Gods: part two

When last we left Simon Sharpe, he had found himself back in Marlborough for vintage, leaving his wife and young son back in France, as COVID rapidly swept across the globe.