It is a common misconception that we humans only use 10% of our brains. Neurologists frequently discredit this myth, stating that we virtually use every part of it. I guess […]
Category Archives: Wine
We all know there are certain pairings that just work well together – gin and tonic, salt and vinegar, Ant and Dec, organic wine and cheese. But organic wine doesn’t […]
How many times have you been in this situation – you want to pick up a bottle of wine for supper but you don’t know what to get. Or you […]
Are you worried about the calories in red wine? Or the number of calories in wine in general? The rise of the anti-sugar movement over the last few years hasn’t […]
A recent article by The IWSR stated that as social distancing was fast becoming the new norm, that anything or anyone who can offer ‘a sense of discovery, community and […]
Biodynamic Wine, Low Intervention, Low Sulphur, Sulphites, Wine, Wine Additives
What’s the difference between filtered and unfiltered wines?
During a recent isolation wine tasting with Elliot Awin, one of the questions that was asked was: ‘What’s the difference between filtered and unfiltered wines?’ And we thought we’d pick […]
Everyone keeps saying what strange times we’re living in, and it’s true. Never in living memory has the world shut down like this. Walls are being erected, markets are tumbling, […]
Headaches, Health, Histamines, Low Intervention, Sulphites, Wine Additives
What do you know about wine additives?
Do you know about these common (and not so common) wine additives? Winemaking, in theory, is such an easy process – you pick grapes, crush them and let the naturally […]
You may not realise it yet, but the changing trends of what you eat are largely due, in part, to the rise of the generational powerhouse that is millennials. Millennials […]
Champagne, Méthode Traditionnelle , Organic Wine, Prosecco, Wine
Why you should be drinking organic champagne (and Prosecco)
The legend goes that champagne was first invented in the 17th century by a French Benedictine monk by the name of… Dom Pierre Pérignon (sound familiar?). On discovering his creation, […]
Low Intervention, Méthode Traditionnelle , Winemaking
The Méthode Traditionelle And Organic Champagne
If you’ve ever heard the term Méthode Traditionelle and wondered what it means, you aren’t alone. It’s not a phrase heard regularly in common parlance, instead, it’s a wine word […]
Valentine’s Day is the perfect moment to show your loved one how much you care, and just when you think you’ve navigated the vast mountain that is Valentines Day planning […]
As Yazz sang in the ‘80s, the only way is up, baby. And in 2020 the same is true of organic wines. Organic wines have never been more in demand […]
Augusta and Robert are the fifth generation of the family to farm the fields now flourishing with vines and home to Raimes English Sparkling wines. Together with land farmed on the historic […]
Australia, Low Intervention, Low Sulphur, Natural Wine, Wine
New minimal intervention, squeaky clean, delicious wines
‘Being allegedly the only two (literate) students to Graduate Healesville High School in ’97, we were always destined to work together’. Behn (the Payten) drove his first Tractor at the […]
Your deliveries for Christmas 2019 Christmas is drawing near. To make sure we deliver the service you need, we’ve made some small changes to our delivery schedule to enable us […]
Christmas, Gifting
Don’t think outside the box this Christmas, think inside the box… a hamper to be specific..
We’ve only gone and made gifting a bottle of wine a thousand times better than it already is… If you’re looking to send a sustainable gift that says ‘I’m thinking of […]
It’s that time of year again folks, yup, it’s Organic September brought to you by Soil Association, and to get you into the mood for all things organic for the […]
Natural wine is here to stay. And before you ask – but isn’t all wine natural? The short answer is no. Yes, wine is a natural product, a result of […]
A few weeks ago we compiled our PTC wine certification guide in which we talked about sustainable agriculture, but we didn’t mention sustainable wine. And in a recent article we […]
In a recent article, we talked about the link between sustainable farming and natural wine, and elsewhere we’ve touched briefly on what sustainable farming is in terms of wine certification. […]
At the beginning of setting up PTC, we received an email from over the water from Nancy and Peter of Pull That Cork. Since then we have both been in […]
First things first – no, orange wine isn’t made from oranges. In fact, orange wine has absolutely NOTHING to do with oranges, except they share the same colour, kind of. […]
Low Intervention, Natural Wine, Orange Wine, Wine
Wild Fermentation – Embracing Individuality in the Wine World
There is a topic on the lips of oenophiles the world over – fermentation. In particular, wild fermentation. Wild fermentation is synonymous with natural wine. Industrial fermentation is what the […]