Exploring the wines, people and places that deserve more attention - one glass, one vineyard and one grape variety at a time.

There are plenty of places to learn about famous wines, famous regions and the grapes you're supposed to know. And rightly so!

I'm more interested in the questions, stories and discoveries that sit slightly off the beaten track. Why does one place make a particular wine? Why has a grape almost disappeared? Why does one wine become fashionable while another is ignored? And why are some of the things we're told about wine simply not true?

That might take me to a family vineyard in a Hungarian village with a name you can't pronounce, to a wine made from a grape you've never heard of, a producer making Cava from base wine aged in chestnut barrels or a bottle that makes me reconsider what I thought I knew.

The aim is to make wine accessible. No pretending every bottle is profound. Just curiosity, opinions, discoveries and the occasional rabbit hole. Because wine isn't just about what's in the glass. It's about the people, places, history, ideas and sometimes downright peculiar decisions that got it there.

I'm here for the wines that make you think, the stories that surprise you and the things that make you look twice.