Tag: Sara Guiducci

“I couldn’t live without Champagne – in success you deserve it and in defeat, you need it”

Sara Guiducci and the Fine Wine team take a behind the scenes tour – and enjoy a superlative vertical tasting – at Pol Roger, the home of Winston Churchill’s favourite Champagne Journeying towards Epernay, the heartland of Champagne, through Vallée de la Marne – with its vineyards changing from green to warm-autumn rust-red – is […]

Four days of harvesting at Ch. Giscours; the start of 2012!

Stepping out of Bordeaux airport, I was greeted by a clear blue sky, heat and a gentle breeze. With a suitcase full of jumpers and a pair of wellies, I started to feel rather foolish and relieved. Foolish for not expecting the wonderful French autumn weather and forgetting my t-shirts at home and relieved that […]

A taxi journey through Artadi

One of the absolute highlights of my job is that I get the opportunity to meet some inspirational producers and taste their wines with them. A flying visit to Artadi at the beginning of September was one such moment. Late afternoon on Tuesday 6 September we flew to Bilbao, the closest airport for those travelling […]