We weren’t the first people to discover Gizella wines for the UK market, but as soon as we had tasted them, we knew we would love to work with Laszlo Szilagyi and his wines. Gizella Pince is Laszlo and his...
Gabor Kardos' wines from the Hungarian region of Tokaj were not only the first wines we stocked at Novel Wines, but his dessert wine was the inspiration for starting it in the first place. My business partner Gyorgy has known...
Endre Demeter oversees some of the finest parcels of land in Tokaj, Hungary’s most famous wine region. The vines are located around the pretty village of Mad and grow in a range of diverse soils, giving Demeter a colourful palette...
Throughout February we’re celebrating the winemakers behind Hungary’s most important grape variety: Furmint. In this article, we chat to Erika Racz, who owns the SanzonTokaj winery with her husband Gergely in the village of Erdőbénye in the Tokaj wine region....
In this winemaker's profile we meet Jeremy Borg, the winemaker behind the impressive Painted Wolf Wines. Painted Wolf sources its fruit from Paarl, Swartland and Stellenbosch. Jeremy started Painted Wolf wines with his wife Emma in 2007. A restaurant owner in San...
In this winemaker's profile we meet Rajeev Samant, the entrepreneur and founder of Sula Vineyards, and Kerry Damskey, the legendary winemaker from Sonoma County who today heads up Sula's winery. Growing in Nashik soil of Maharashtra, India, are the grapes of...
Grace: An award-winning winery in Japan where attention to detail is everywhere. Grace Winery has a special place in my heart. I first wrote an article on Koshu, the white grape variety Grace pioneer alongside a small planting of Cabernet...
We’re really proud of our range of English wines. One of our shop’s flagship producers can be found just a few miles down towards the English Jurassic coast. Here you’ll find the multi-award winning wines of Furleigh Estate, run by...
