This was the moment of truth. I very gently opened the bottom valve on the tank to fill two glasses, knowing that if I opened it even a fraction too much the pressure of the wine would send me flying ...

What was billed as the "Grape Debate" between Dr Richard Smart, viticultural luminary, co-author of the seminal book 'Sunlight Into Vines' and proponent of 'conventional' viticulture and Monty Waldin, ...

WILL curly-locked oenophiliac Monty Waldin pull it orf by producing biodynamic wine on a modest rented vineyard in the Roussillon region of the French Pyrenees, with only a donkey for a companion? Or ...

British wine writer Monty Waldin has jacked in his job, cashed in his chips and swanned off to the Languedoc region to see if he can be at the French wineries at their own game. Lucky old Monty, eh?

39-year old writer Monty Waldin is a man in pursuit of a dream... He’s giving up his life in England and using all his savings to take over a small vineyard in the south-west of France - to produce ...

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Harvest veteran and wine writer Waldin (Organic Wine Guide) offers this comprehensive look at an emerging wine-producing region. With extensive chapters on Argentina and Chile (which boasts ...

Unsustainable and bad for the environment, industrial viticulture leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Pesticide-free and weed-friendly, biodynamic wine holds the key to an organic revolution. The latest ...

With his extensive contacts, it was unlikely that wine writer Monty Waldin's efforts to produce his own harvest of organic and biodynamic French red was going to wither on the vine. Tonight sees the ...

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