So, you thought the wine industry was stuffy and full of pretensious tossers who like to say Claret instead of red Bordeaux? Well, you may have something there, but not everybody fits this depressing stereotype.
Especially, the artists behind the wine: the wine makers.
There's not much pretense with the wine makers I have chosen to feature everyday over the next week. No pretense to tradition, no pretense to politeness and definitely no pretense to slavishly follow the market.
Initially lambasted, against the odds, these wines have become benchmarks in their own right.
I hope you can join me.
Starts Monday 1 September, 2008.