Harry BallmannApr 155 min readSomm to Somm: An interview with Restaurant Pine’s incredible Vanessa Stolz: I get to know Vanessa Stolz, sommelier and front of house at 1 Michelin Star Restaurant Pine in Northumberland.
Harry BallmannNov 8, 20236 min readOrganics in England with Kristin Syltevik of Oxney Organic Estate When it comes to visiting vineyards across Britain, you'll often find they're not always the most accessible places to visit. Most of the...
Harry BallmannOct 27, 20232 min readWine and the rest III: Food for thought, and back to the floor. No Perello olives here… I’m very bad at sitting still. Beach holidays aren’t something I even entertain, I get bored shitless. In a...
Harry BallmannJul 13, 202325 min readThoughts from Champagne: lessons learnt, wines tasted, cultural discoveries. 2023.Swathes of tourists disembarking into the humidity of the Champagne-Ardenne train station signalled what I thought was going to be a week...
Harry BallmannApr 23, 20235 min readTwo Terroirs - An interview with Justin Willett of Tyler Winery & Lieu DitDuring a very exciting portfolio tasting last month, I sat in a masterclass which dove deep into the vastly different terroirs of...
Harry BallmannFeb 9, 20233 min readThousands of Years of Drinking Together I would be willing to argue that there is no drink more social and more ritualistic than wine. It is a cornerstone of society, past and...
Harry BALLMANNSep 8, 20224 min readA chat with Vandelay Radio's Dare Balogun about his journey into wineI first met Dare on a politics trip to Kraków in Poland, coming up to 7 years ago now (how time flies...). We both sat in opposite isle...