Wojciech Bońkowski
Master of Wine

Duboković Moj Otok 2008

Reductive Loire Chenin Blanc, oxidised vin jaune from the Jura, and Indian curry. What’s that wine?

Wine and tea (3)

Part 3 of my major series on similarities between wine and tea. Health benefits, drinking culture, wine and tea as investment, and why wine tasters should drink more tea.

Wine and tea (2)

Wine and tea: they actually have a lot in common. In the second installment of this seminal article I look at the production process of wine and tea and how possibly they can be similar.

Wine and tea

Wine and tea: they couldn’t look more different but in fact, have quite a lot in common. In the first installment of this seminal article I look at the geography and terroir of the vine and tea tree.

Prince Ştirbey: Romania’s finest

Europe’s fifth largest producer of wine has a long way to go. But one producer is showing what can be done when you try hard.

Frappato: unique

Sicily’s Cerasuolo di Vittoria is an unexpected wine: light, airy, perfumed and Burgundian though it comes from Europe’s southernmost corner.

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Baudry Les Grézeaux 1996

Loire Cabernet Franc – the world’s best value red wine?

Romagna: what’s the future?

After 100 wines tasted this spring in the Italian region of Romagna, I look at the challenges facing this large producer. How to make the local Sangiovese a global brand?

Clai Sv. Jakov 2009

Clai Sv. Jakov Malvazija 2009 – another stunning ‘alternative’ white wine from Croatia. Skin contact and limestone terroir give a wine of astounding depth of flavour.