Ledston Libations

  Brash Higgins is the alias of Brad Hickey, a Chicago native whose wanderlust took him around the world, developing a love of wine and food on the way. On returning to the United States he ended up in New York where following a stint as a food writer, he...

  Less than 2 weeks before Christmas 2019, Samantha O’Keefe, owner and winemaker at South Africa’s Lismore Estate, lost her winery and family-home to fire. Originally from Los Angeles, Samantha took the plunge and bought her farm outside Greyton in 2000 in what was then an untested wine region of...

  François Cotat is one of a small number of brave, individual and idiosyncratic winemakers striving to create wines of character and individuality. Located in the western portion of the Sancerre appellation, Chavignol has a unique type of soil called, in French, “terres blanches.” The region is essentially a chalk plateau...

Congratulations to Jim Barry Wines who have just been named the 2020 Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year. Certain names resonate strongly within Australian wine history and Jim Barry is one of them. It was Jim Barry’s drive that helped shape South Australia’s Clare Valley as a benchmark producer...

  With a history dating back over 125 years, La Rioja Alta, S.A. - widely recognised to be one of the finest wineries in the Rioja region - have just announced the release of a brand new Rioja Gran Reserva. The new Viña Arana Gran Reserva 2012 is the first...