WINE PORTRAITS

Enric Soler is known for making some of the best white wines in Catalonia. Produced in very small quantities (7-8,000 bottles per year), his wines are critically acclaimed. During a recent visit to Barcelona, I visited Enric to hear about his project. I had the chance to discover his beautiful white wines. When his...

Hush Heath Estate is an estate in Kent, England, whose origins date back to 1503 with the construction of Hush Heath Manor by the Balfour-Lynn’s family. The manor house, which still exists today, overlooks 120 hectares of land, including a vineyard, an orchard and a magnificent old oak forest. In 2002, vines were planted...

In 2004, Andrew Weeber created Gusbourne Estate. His goal? To make the estate a reference in the production of sparkling wines in England. The man of South African origin wanted to compete with the best champagne producers. He set his sights on a property in Kent in the south-east of England. That same year,...

La Winerie Parisienne was born in 2015 thanks to the joint efforts of Julien Bengué and Adrien Pelissié. With the goal of reviving the Parisian wine tradition, the two decided to import wine from several French wine regions. The wine is then blended and bottled in the heart of Paris. The Parisian wine tradition...

London Cru is the first urban winery to emerge in central London. Founded in 2013 by Adam Green, Will Tomlinson and Cliff Robinson, it’s housed in a former gin distillery in the Earls Court neighborhood. During a recent visit to the British capital, I spoke with Gavin Monery, London Cru’s oenologist. The concept of...

Bodegas Elías Mora is located in the village of San Roman de Hornija, in the Toro Denomination of Origin, in Spain. The D.O. Toro is an appellation that straddles two Spanish provinces, Valladolid and Zamora. The winery created by Victoria Benavides took the name Elías Mora in honor of the winemaker who was the...