Spirit of the month: Mezcal Amarás Verde
Our spirits specialist, Tom, talks us through our spirit of the month, Mezcal Amarás Verde
Behind the Label with Leonidas Hatzimichalis
This week, we were delighted to be joined in the Zoom room by Leonidas Hatzimichalis, second generation at Domaine Hatzimichalis in the Atalanti Valley, Greece.
The Life of an MW Student - Ten
The lead up to the Master of Wine Stage One Assessment was marked, for me at least, with a lot of stress. There seemed to be an endless amount of ground to cover, the questions for the theory part of the assessment being drawn from any of the last ten years' worth of exams. What's more, the presence of a compulsory question among the three we would be asked meant that we really felt we had to learn EVERYTHING. Of course, we (well, at least I) couldn't do that, and was relying on a certain amount of luck.
An Introduction to Greek Grapes
Retail manager, Katy, takes us through some of the top native Greek varieties.
Wine and the Ancient Greeks: Tragedy or Epic?
Wine advisor, Rebecca, takes a look at the history of the symposion and the Ancient Greeks' epic love of wine.