Chablis in 6 historical layers.
Author Archives: James Sligh
THE CLUB #1 – the RHÔNE river
Welcome to the wine info page for CLUB shipment #1: the RHÔNE river — now open to the public! the RHÔNE riverThe Rhône is most famous for wind-buffeted, single-stake syrah clinging to the steep slopes of a valley carved through a granite plateau — or for magisterial, sun-soaked red blends from the soupstone-strewn vines surroundingContinue reading “THE CLUB #1 – the RHÔNE river”
‘Under the Sea’
A minerality sip n’ paint at PdV on Sunday, 2/16
Explaining champagne in 3 short parts
Champagne the place, and champagne the method, and how they come together.
Ten wines for 2024
The December 2024 newsletter
It’s a wine club!
Four times a year, we’ll assemble a set of bottles and artwork that celebrates unsung varieties and histories, maps the regions and communities growing wine’s future, and puts them in context. Sign up for the winter shipment here. What’s in the box? Our holiday shipment maps #3 TIME TRAVEL More information here. Previous club shipments #2Continue reading “It’s a wine club!”
‘Bubble Bath’
A walkaround tasting at &HOLIDAY in December 2024.
Lesson plan: Wine language
A lesson plan for a wine language game, ‘Wine to Apples, Apples to Wine’ created to play as part of a staff training in September 2024.
Map Print: the Rhône river
A map of the Rhône from its source in the Alps to its end in the Mediterranean, very much not to scale.
Grape Files: Muscat(s)!
A galaxy of muscats.
