I visited the Neusiedlersee DAC in September last year upon joining a press trip to this neglected corner of Austria’s Burgenland. I had zero pre-conceptions...

Tucked away in France’s remote north-eastern corner, you could be forgiven for missing Alsace entirely on a map of French wine regions. Just sixty miles...

My long-standing love affair with Spanish Wines is an open secret amongst my shop colleagues – and many of our customers too. I travel there...

When you think of Austria, it’s likely that your mind will conjure up images of delicious schnitzels, the Alps, Julie Andrews, baroque and rococo architecture,...

Grenache – is this the world’s most under-valued and overlooked grape? Chances are you’ve been guzzling Grenache for some time in blissful (yes, that is...

April is Portuguese Wine month at The Good Wine Shop – a very welcome chance to share our enthusiasm for the amazing variety, quality and...

Bierzo’s location in the most remote corner of Castilla y León - between Galicia to the west and Asturias to the east. The different municipalities...

  As a self-confessed Riesling nut and whilst in the midst of an Indian summer with a few more hot days in the forecast what...

I recently read an article about the amount of time we function without sight and I am not talking ‘blind’ wine tasting here or sleeping...