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Theo's next dance

What happens when you take over a world-famous Burgundy domaine at nineteen?

Weekly Selection: Karthäuserhof rosé

A rare and beautiful rosé from the Mosel.

The asparagus of Hvasser

The asparagus season is almost over for this year, so now it's important to get spring's great vegetable wonder onto the plate.

A salute to mature rosé

Rosé may be a considered a guilty pleasure in the summertime, but the best rosés are so much more.

Cheese & wine, part 2: Feta and greek white wine

Feta and Greek white wine have shared the same hills and the same sun for centuries. And it shows.

Weekly Selection: Wegeler Geheimrat 2013 - Perfectly mature dry Riesling

The historic Geheimrat is the mother of dry German wines.

The Best of Vinmonopolet's Sparkling Special Release

On Thursday, 14,218 bottles will be released in Vinmonopolet's premium stores. Among them are some truly long-awaited Champagnes.

Raveneau 2023 is here.

The legendary Raveneau only makes 50,000 bottles a year. On Thursday you'll find eight wines from their 2023 vintage in Vinmonopolet's premium stores.

What was the result of The Paris Tasting, 50 years later?

Did victory go to the USA again? Or does France have the upper hand?

Paparazzi. A cellar worth chasing.

Summer is brewing in Tønsberg.

Cellar Episode 3: Shelving, Size and System

In this episode I show you how I built the shelves in my wine cellar – and why size means everything.

Attrå in Larvik

Lift your eyes and head to Larvik.

Weekly Selection: Keller's baby GG

Von der Fels will be released in Vinmonopolet's special order range tomorrow.

Cheese & Wine, Part 1: Burrata and caprese

In its freshest, purest form, the world's most eaten cheese is also summer's finest.

50 years after Paris, Ridge is still up there

How does the 1971 Monte Bello from "The Paris Tasting" taste 50 years on?

Straker's. The perfect London lunch

Notting better than this in Notting Hill. A small restaurant with a big reputation.

Something brewing at Ytre Hvaler

Ytre Hvaler impresses with its rhubarb wine.

Weekly Selection: Bubbles that punch above their price.

Perfect for all the summer parties.

Eye to eye with Bo Barrett

Today marks 50 years since Bo Barrett and his Ch. Montelena became world-famous.

Today marks 50 years since the wine world changed for good.

California beat France in Paris. The wine world changed forever.

A trio of grower Champagnes worth seeking out

These rare bubbles are now available at Vinmonopolet.

Iduna Weinert inherited 263 barrels. And her father's dream.

Argentina's finest winemaker is taking on new ground, and planting vines in Patagonia.

Weekly Selection: Summer's rosé coup, Weinert Carrascal

Argentinian Cavas Weinert has made a brilliant magnum of rosé

Niepoort - 6 wines: Coche, Tiara, Charme, Pinot, Redoma, Redoma

Portugal's finest white wine arrives at Vinmonopolet today.

Cellar Episode 2: Park Hotel Vossevangen

In this episode, I'm taking you back to where it all began. Home in Voss, at Park Hotel Vossevangen.

Le Bistrot Paul Bert

For the world's best steak au poivre, head to Le Bistrot Paul Bert in Paris.

Pierre Vincent - Burgundy's new star

Pierre Vincent was hired as a winemaker at Domaine Leflaive in 2017, and is regarded by many as the man who restored Leflaive's reputation after Anne-Claude Leflaive passed away in the spring of 2015.

Eye to eye with Littorais Ted Lemon

Littorai and Ted Lemon are, for some, the most important winemakers in all of California. With their experience from Burgundy, and not least, their strong opinions about how a pinot noir and a chardonnay from California should both be grown and tasted

Cellar Episode 1: I'm building my wine cellar

In this series, you'll get to see cellars from all over the world. But we're starting with my own.

Weekly selection: The best Champagne for the 17th of May

This bargain of a Champagne is released through Vinmonopolet's online shop.

Weekly Selection: Ridge rosé

Ridge's rosé makes its Norwegian debut with just 600 bottles.

Henri Rebourseau

Ten different Burgundies from Henri Rebourseau's 2021 vintage are now being released at Vinmonopolet for the first time.

Fight of the norwegian market

Norway is such an important market for English wine that two bag-in-box wines are now arriving from the unlikely wine country to the west.

97 points. Possibly the best Produttori del Barbaresco in 50 years.

Produttori del Barbaresco's long-standing manager Aldo Vacca is not understating when he describing the cooperative's newest vintage 2021, released in the special order selection in the Norwegian Vinmonopolet on May 6th.

Eye To Eye with Stephane Tissot

Stephane is the first guest in a series of interviews - where I'll be meeting interesting people in the wine world face to face.

Tissot's 2023 vintage

Stéphane Tissot's 2023 vintage arrives at Vinmonopolet this week.

Osteria Veglio, in the heart of Piedmont

Osteria Veglio sits in the heart of Piedmont . The kind of place where great food and serious wine come together without any fuss.

Oslo Fat City

You could easily miss Fat City as you walk past, and that's part of the charm.

Faiveley's 2024 Mercurey released

At Vinmonopolet's May release on Wednesday May 6th, a handful of wines from Faiveley's stunning vineyards in the Côte Chalonnaise in southern Burgundy will hit the shelves. And this time, they come from the cool and delicate 2024 vintage.

Cabana Las Lilas

One of the finest steakhouses in the world. Simply unforgettable.

The Lequin-Colin family has made wine in Burgundy since 1673

The Lequin-Colin family has made wine in Burgundy since 1673 and has distinguished itself as perhaps the best producer in Santenay, in southern Burgundy. The family business came to be when the parents of today's generation François Lequin-Colin his father, René Lequin, married Josette Colin. She came from another well-known wine family in the neighboring village of Chassagne-Montrachet, and together they built up a small, family-run vineyard in 1992.

The world's most famous wine cooperative

The world's most famous wine cooperative was born when Domizio Cavazza founded the Cantine Sociali di Barbaresco in 1894, in the small village of Barbaresco.

Benoit – A Century of Parisian Bistro

A classic Parisian bistro with roots stretching back to 1912, centrally located near the City Hall, the Pompidou Centre, and the iconic Saint-Jacques Tower. The restaurant is today part of Alain Ducasse's empire, and Ducasse himself has described it as "a friendly place, full of memories and shared pleasure, reflecting a certain way of life and tradition we wish to preserve."

Nicolas Lemaire has one of the oldest vineyards in the whole area of Champagne

Nicolas Lemaire produced his first Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Noir Champagnes from one of the oldest vineyards in the whole area of Champagne.

Maffrei: "The bros in Wine"

In a former Lancia garage, two brothers have shifted Piedmont into a new gear.

Inside Kühling-Gillot

The wines of Kühling-Gillot from Roter Hang are among Germany's very best dry Rieslings. Now they have started to release older wines from their own treasure trove in Hohen-Sülzen.

Pascal Clement and his wineyard Les Guettottes

Just a short distance from Beaune lies the village of Savigny-Lès-Beaune, a small, quiet town in a side valley that most people never notice as they travel through Burgundy.

Marisa Bacher: New Generation in Barolo

Marisa Bacher is among a new generation of small producers carving out their place in the heart of Barolo country.

Chacra put Patagonia on the wine map

Since 2004, this winery has demonstrated the true potential of the region.

Don Julio. Steak and a star in Buenos Aires

One of the few steakhouses to appear on the "World's 50 Best Restaurants" list, this Buenos Aires institution has also been awarded one Michelin star.

An American in Paris – Homer Lobster

Vinoteca Centro Storico - Ham and Champagne

The best thing about the village of Serralunga, besides the wine, the views and the vineyards, is the restaurant Centro Storico.

Welcome to cases

It's such a treat to kick off my new site. Almost like opening a bottle of wine you've been saving for ages.

Cheese and wine, part 3: Cheddar and Champagne. An underrated duo

Perhaps the world's most eaten cheese, and certainly the most underrated.

Le Case della Saracca – The most important address in Piedmont

Out of a 800-year-old ruin, a pharmacist built one of the world's most extraordinary wine hotels

Occidental Sonoma California Pinot Noir at its best

California Pinot Noir at its most refined.