Tertre Roteboeuf and Francois Mitjavile’s fates were tied together when Francois Mitjavile married Miloute, daughter of Emile Gilard, the original owner of Tertre Roteboeuf and Bellefont Belcier. Before Francois Mitjavile began working at Tertre Roteboeuf, his wife Miloute focused mainly on managing the vineyards, whilst her cousins took care of winemaking. Francois Mitjavile was by […]

Happy International Riesling Day! Today WWX team raises a glass to one of our favourite grape varieties: Riesling. What’s so amazing about Rieslings? Ask any Riesling lovers and they will tell you the No 1 reason why they fall in love with this variety – simply, it is a natural beauty. This thin-skinned grape variety […]

Founded in 1985, Fontaine Gagnard has risen to become the go-to domaine for those who wish to compare and explore the different terroirs in the southerly village of Chassagne Montrachet in Cote d’Or in Burgundy. Fontaine Gagnard’s hallmark expressions are their holdings in Montrachet and Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru and the Premier Crus of Caillerets and […]

This International Women’s Day, Team WWX seeks to walk off the beaten path to feature this trailzblazing, award-winning lady winemaker Andrea Mullineux. Search her and you’d see a plethora of raving compliments about her: a trailblazer, a rockstar (quite literally, for she puts a lot of emphasis on terroir expression in her wines). And she […]

We’ve all at some points got invited to varietal tastings where we were challenged to bring something with an Old World resemblance yet coming from New World origins. It takes choosing New World wines of relatively lower degree of ripeness; and of certain age so to coax nuanced savoury-mineral notes and a restrained sense of complexity […]