By Larry Brooks
There’s a period that begins sometime around November and continues till New Years that is a sort of hibernation time both for the wines and the winemaker. It’s not as if there’s absolutely nothing to do, but in contrast to the harvest period just completed there’s not much to do.
Checking the malolactic progress and tasting and prepping for the winter bottling of …
By Kirstie Papworth
Piergorgio
Philosophy. Buddhism. Poetry. Theatre. Greek Mythology. Art. Italian literature. Not the usual subjects covered in the first hour of a meeting, but then Piergiorgio Castellani is not your average winemaker. A conversation with Piergiorgio can lift the soul, carry it on a journey of possibility and leave one feeling enthused (and perhaps just a smidgen academically lacking).
Nothing at Castellani is …
By Simon Farr
It really is just so much more convenient taking a light plane to get from Agulhus (the actual Southern most point in Africa) to Malagas the lonely outpost at the end of the Breede River that is the home of Sijnn’s Vineyard. There is a road, well not a real one that you or I would recognise, but rather a series of dirt …
By Iain Muggoch
Fortaleza do Seival
It is really exciting to announce that Bibendum has signed up to represent an amazing family wine estate in southern most region of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.
The farm is 100% dry planted due to the almost perfect natural climatic conditions in the region – it has a real point-of-difference to both Chile and Argentina …
Errol Flynn...if he had been Portuguese
By Dan Coward
Sometimes a winery is just a winery is just a winery. There are barrels, there’s a room for the barrels, there’s a door to the room with the barrels. Well…you get the idea. And then other times you can come across a winery that just blows all the …
Martin at Tilimouqui
By Joe Fattorini
Meet Martin. He’s the one in the cap. Unfortunately he won’t be able to make it to our Annual Tasting this year. Which is a pity, because we suspect we’d all get on famously. He’s like a lot of us at Bibendum. Thirties. Works in the wine business. Bringing up a young family. Expect that …
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