By Rob Pickard
Over the last few weeks we’ve been having a sort out of the many thousands of images we have on file here in the marketing department. With so many producers and so many keen Bibendumites eager to visit these wine producing regions, we’ve over the years accumulated a huge array of winery and vineyard pics.
Big fans of wine and all …
By Rob Pickard
Following a record harvest and their exhausting week of all things Albariño, the sun has set on another harvest at Castro Martin, Rias Baixas. In Alto Adige the guys at Alois Lageder have let the camera do the talking, with a photo diary of fantastic images from the 2010 harvest. While keen bloggers Vinos Ambiz, were fully prepared …
A blend of local Lagrein and international Merlot, it is a beautifully balanced wine with floral dark fruit, sweet spices and wonderful freshness. The tannins are ripe and rounded and the finish, long and bright. It is a school-night-friendly 12.8% abv too.
By Bibendumtimes
Rudolf Steiner
Biodynamic agriculture was developed in the early 1920s by Rudolf Steiner. Seen by many as the first modern ecological farming system it is an holistic approach that tries to bring the soil, plants and animals to its original natural balance and harmony. Unlike the more general term natural wine (see earlier …
By Ben Collins
It took a lot of planning this particular trip – we have been trying to get our act together for a couple of years. Talk and no action. Crowded schedules (not mine of course), business trips, children were swept aside and Michael Saunders and I finally fixed a ski trip to the Dolomites with the great Urs Vetter of Lageder.
Every time we saw Urs for months …
(thanks to Eat like a Girl for this photo…you never even saw the heat coming…)
When it comes to foodie thrills, it is hard to beat that slow but steady build up of heat on your taste buds that can only come from a full chilli onslaught. It builds and it builds and then bang, it rages and you think “why the hell…?!” …
