Profiles
Best wine-related exercises and crafts to get through lockdown
With around 20% of the global population in lockdown, now is the time to round-up the best exercises and crafts you can do at home with a wine bottle.
WLC Eats: The Nitery
WLC’s resident sybarite, Lucy Shaw, heads to Gizzi Erskine’s Parisian pop-up at the St Martins Lane hotel for a pretty porcini parfait, silky Beaujolais and heavenly pomme purée.
Seven sensational bone dry Rieslings
We bring you a selection of seven sensational bone dry Rieslings from our latest Global Riesling Masters, taking in wines from Alsace, Austria, Alto Adige and the Eden Valley.
WLC Eats: Loyal Tavern
WLC’s resident bon vivant, Lucy Shaw, heads to Loyal Tavern on Bermondsey Street for a brooding Barbera and a buttermilk-poached cod and white bean stew that would make José Pizarro proud.
WLC Eats: Wilder
WLC’s resident hedonist, Lucy Shaw, heads to exciting newcomer Wilder in Shoreditch for pig’s head on toast, pollock with trotter relish and a beguiling young Burgundy.
WLC Eats: Ampéli
WLC’s resident bon vivant, Lucy Shaw, heads to smashing Greek newcomer Ampéli on Charlotte Street for sensational smoked cod’s roe, subtly spiced potato burik, and a cherry-scented Xinomavro.
WLC Eats: Davies and Brook
WLC’s resident gourmand, Lucy Shaw, heads to Daniel Humm’s Davies and Brook at Claridge’s for heavenly honey and lavender dry-aged duck, a silky Côte Rôtie, and milk and honey soft serve.
WLC Eats: Sussex
WLC’s resident sybarite, Lucy Shaw, heads to the Gladwin brothers’ latest venture, Sussex in Soho, for a standout steak tartare, moreish Marmite eclairs, and an elegant English rosé.
Global Malbec Masters 2019: the results in full
All the medallists and extensive analysis from the latest Malbec-only tasting from the Global Masters, featuring the best samples from Argentina and Chile, and a surprising discovery from Spain.
Six English wineries doing things differently
While Champagne has a clearly defined industry structure, in England things are little less straightforward. Here, we’ve rounded up the wineries doing things differently, from pioneers of the ‘swap model’ to England’s version of négociants.