No shortcut to success
Susana Balbo overcame several setbacks—including a failed winery—and tells Lin Weiwen how she bounced back to become one of the icons of the Argentinian wine industry.
Planting a brighter future
Having established his reputation with impressive Shirazes, Barossa Valley-based winemaker, Grant Burge, is now experimenting with Pinot Noir in Tasmania.
Fruitful relationship
To Rasvan Macici, South Africa’s diverse terroir is the perfect playground to satisfy his experimental streak with grape varietals.
Moving up the grapevine
Château Angelus is now the cream of the crop in Saint-Émilion after having been promoted from a Premier Grand Cru classé B to classé A status late last year.
Homeopathy for vines
A vineyard is just like the human body: you build its immunity through a healthy diet, and not medication, says biodynamic winemaker Thibault Liger-Belair.
Heart on his sleeve
Mosel-based winemaker Ernst Loosen has battled old dogmas and proven his critics wrong by making award-winning wines.
Chip off the old block
François and Louis Mitjavile show that intuition and gumption are what it takes to stand out in the crowded world of Bordeaux winemaking.
Man in the middle
Barolo winemaking is infamously split into two camps: the modernists and the traditionalists. But Pio Boffa, winemaker of Pio Cesare winery, shows that the best approach is to mix and match methods from each side.
The evolution of Chablis
Burgundy’s white wine outpost has been producing styles that have left Chablis fans in two opposing camps. Jenny Tan checks out the scene at the Grand Jours du Bourgogne.