By Ben Turner
So with Just Add…Bibendum just around the corner, here is another quick lowdown on what to expect at this year’s tasting. Following a look at what our Training team will be up to on the day, here is some info from the green fingered part of Bibendum, Vivid.
Amongst all the fun and games, and hundreds of …
By Rob Pickard
Over the years Huia have taken quite a bit of blog space here on B Times. They’ve always got a story to tell and whether it’s their involvement with MANA and natural winemaking, a cheeky Pinot Noir wine of the week or harvest news from the team in Marlborough, we love to tell you all about …
By Rob Pickard
If you think about all the endless problems faced by those setting up a hotel or restaurant, the list must be never ending, a tough job! Combine these with a quest to ensure all aspects of your hotel are as green and environmentally friendly as possible, it’s a pretty mammoth task. Well Northumberland’s Battlesteads Hotel and Restaurant, have …
By Liz Tarry
For those of you unfamiliar with Wahaca, its awesome Mexican street food concept, which currently has restaurants in Canary Wharf, Covent Garden, Soho and White City, is branching out East, taking its 5th site and award winning food to Europe’s largest and newest marketplace, Westfield Stratford City. Plus with a 6th site due to open in Bluewater in October, Wahaca …
By Rob Pickard
Here on B Times we often feature stories of wine producers doing there bit for the environment and joining the ever growing green movement seen in vineyards around the world, so whether it’s land managment, water and wetlands management or sustainable winemaking, its featured here over the last …
By Rob Pickard
Based in the Murray Darling region, just north west of Victoria, Deakin Estate create classic varietal expressions, which are fruit focused, easy drinking and fantastic value for the high quality on offer.
A few reasons for such high quality here can be pinned on such a dedicated Deakin team, lead by one of Australia’s best winemakers, Dr Phil Spillman. The other …
Huia Pinot Noir is a brilliant example of elegant Kiwi Pinot, offering up seriously smooth, rich red berry fruits, alongside lots of smoke and spice.
By Rob Pickard
At B Times we love to hear about green initiatives that are taking place in the vineyards and wineries around the world, and are big fans of sustainability and environmental practices in wine. Recent posts have highlighted green initiatives in South Africa at Graham Beck Wines and SAAM, water management at Mitchelton in Victoria and …
By Rob Pickard
Stellenrust bottled their first wine on their farm way back in 1928, and today the winery is one of the largest family run Fairtrade Estates in South Africa, with 500ha under vine. Unlike the majority of Fairtrade brands that source fruit from various Fairtrade certified producers and have little or no direct connection to the place or people they are trying to …
By Ben Turner
The greening of the wine industry as a whole is bigger and bigger news each year. Many vineyards the world over are making their wines organic or their vineyards sustainable, as an ever increasing number of consumers become ever more savvy to the concept. The folks down at South Africa’s Graham Beck are no exception with their successful environmental practises.
The statistics are convincing. For …
