Interview with Joel Peterson of Ravenswood

Last week I caught up with founder and chief winemaker of Ravenswood, Joel Peterson – in town to host a wine bloggers dinner at 28-50, to find out what winemakers need to do to get Zinfandel recognised as a world class wine, how zinfandel ages, how he felt about being bought by Constellation, and why there are so many 'wimpy wines' in the world. Find out what the King of Zin had to say here...

Wickham Vineyard grape picking

With harvest in full swing, I spent this glorious autumn day picking Triomphe d'Alsace grapes at Wickham Vineyard in Hampshire. Our hardy group reigned in 2 tonnes of grapes, which will be used to make 5,000 bottles of Row Ash Rosé. Watch the picking in action here...