I’m a wine critic and author with 30 years of tasting and fieldwork experience. It was the changing taste of my favourite wines that brought me to climate change, I founded The Wine and Climate Institute in Oxford (www.twacci.org) in 2016, after having published my first book on wine and climate change in 2014. This blog contains extracts from my UN research, my talks, articles and books, and it is all about wine, climate change, freshwater management, the water and earth sciences, coastal and maritime cultures such as the Vikings and the Saami, Northern issues, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and TEK, etc. Basically, all things Water and anything else that interests me. My greatest hope is to be part of the solution.

October 20, 2011

Ristorante Messner, Dorsoduro, Venice

October 20, 2011/ Linda Johnson-Bell

Corte Viola, Soave DOC 2010 (Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave)

Very bone dry and acidic and salty with perfectly balanced fruit. Had this with home-made filled tortellini in butter and fresh sage.

Sansovino, Refosco dal Penduncato Rosso IGT 2010

Love refosco ... a particular grape. This was fresh and well-balanced (12.5% alcohol), perfect with my grilled lamb chops with herbs.