Viognier, phoenetic ‘vee – o – nyei’. Spiritual home: Northern Rhone. Producer: Chapoutier. All 3, Jackpot! If you love viognier you may have drunk Condrieu, which is the appellation in the Northern Rhone which is considered the spiritual home of the grape, and certainly produces some of the finest examples in the world of this variety. As […]
Lockdown Wines Part 2: Austria’s Feiler-Artinger
Feiler-Artinger Blaufrankisch Ried Ruster Umriss 2015, Burgenland Austria Last year Criterion Wine Tours organised our first ever wine tour to Austria. On the first evening of the tour Kurt Feiler, winemaker at Feiler-Artinger in the pretty town of Rust, came to our hotel and gave us an excellent tasting of his wines during dinner. One […]
Winemaking On The Edge: Springfontein Estate, South Africa
Once in a while I come across a winery that is so unique, so different and so memorable that it reminds me why I love my job so much. Springfontein Estate, which we visited on the recent Criterion Wine tour to South Africa, is one such winery I will never forget. Why? Vision, passion, integrity, […]
Lockdown Wines: What We’ve Been Drinking During the Coronavirus Crisis (Part 1)
Wine inspiration for lockdown. Check out our great list of all things wine to pass a few hours at home!