A blog from Jeroboams

All keen gardeners will know the pain of popping down to the allotment and seeing that Peter rabbit has been at your carrots, turbo the snail has feasted on your lettuce, and there seems to be a plague of aphids hell bent on sucking your raspberry plants dry. Well, the same goes for grape growers. Maggie MacPherson takes us through all the lovely pests and diseases of the viticultural world.

Probably not the sexiest of topics when it comes to learning about wine, however trellising and training vines have a surprising impact on the end product. Maggie MacPherson takes us through all the important details.

Saying 2020 has been a bizarre year is putting it mildly. For Jeroboams 2020 has not all been doom and gloom, with some excellent new wines and producers joining our family during this turbulent time. Maggie MacPherson gives us three of her favourites.

Argentinian Malbec and Steak is one of those magical combination that has taken the world by storm over the last decade. A fiery country of tango and football, Argentina produces some spectacular wines at some of the highest altitudes anywhere in the world. Maggie MacPherson introduced to this fantastic, underappreciated country

Chile may known for mass-produced cheap wines, but as the narrowest country in the world, flanked on one side by the ocean and by mountains on the other, it offers a huge variety of terroir perfect for making adventurous wines. Maggie MacPherson introduced to this fantastic, underappreciated country

South Africa is a beautiful country with a hugely varied landscape, from deserts to beaches, lions to penguins: its impossible to discover South Africa in only one visit. Every time you go back there will be something new that surprises you, and this is perhaps why South Africa’s wine industry is one of the most exciting in the world right now. Maggie MacPherson takes us through this fantastic country.

The wines produced in New Zealand are as wide-ranging as its landscape which is why we Brits have fallen in love with New Zealand wines. Our love of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has been well documented, and continues to inspire the question, what next?

We Brits love Spain. We love it so much that around 18 million of us visited the country in 2019, meaning we are the main country of origin for Spain’s tourism industry. So why do we love it so much? And, specifically, why do we love their wines so much? Maggie MacPherson tells us why.

Washington state is beautiful: it boasts wonderful coastlines, rugged mountains, desert scenes and of course, Twilight. Sadly, Washington state is often overlooked, which is mad given Washington ranks second in the US for premium wine production.

Most of us who enjoy imbibing wine have also had that daydream of upping sticks and buying a vineyard. Oh, how lovely it would be – warm summers spent perusing the vineyard, children and dog …

America’s 33rd state, Oregon, was founded in 1859, and is best known for its wild west past, its quirky present-day traditions and its thriving food and drink culture, built around local wines. Maggie MacPherson introduces us to this wonderful region.