Joe Fattorini
Contributor at Club Oenologique
Wine Writer at Saga Magazine
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
saga.co.uk | Joe Fattorini
My friend Gabriel recently described a wine as "boat rosé". I could feel the turn of the cultural tide. I knew what he was talking about: the oh-so-pale pink wines of Provence that taste of little more than overwatered strawberries and the "aspirational lifestyle" of life on a private yacht.
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1 month ago |
saga.co.uk | Joe Fattorini
Australian Chardonnay stopped being fashionable at a single dinner party, above a pub sometime in the late-1990s. The pub was the Queen Vic in EastEnders. The hosts were Grant and Tiffany Mitchell. They invited Phil and Kathy and shared a bottle of something that looked a lot like Lindeman’s Bin 65 Chardonnay. I remember writing an article about it. You won’t find people recommending that sort of wine in London’s East End today.
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1 month ago |
saga.co.uk | Joe Fattorini
When you’re only ever a flood, frost or hailstorm away from disaster, it’s no surprise that winemakers have a tendency to religiosity. When it goes wrong it can feel biblical. And when it all goes right it feels like the Lord is shining on you. So, no surprise then, that there are five principal patron saints of wine. 1.
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2 months ago |
saga.co.uk | Joe Fattorini
The Duke of Wellington is rarely remembered as a ‘wine influencer’. Yet, after The Peninsular War, the Duke popularised wines made from the Portuguese grape Arinto. It became known as ‘Portuguese Hock’ and was the toast of London society. Today, it’s coming back – and not because we’re fighting the French, but because winemakers are fighting a bigger battle: climate change. Its secret?
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Mar 6, 2025 |
saga.co.uk | Joe Fattorini
Kottabos was possibly the greatest drinking game of all time. Although it would ruin your carpet. In Ancient Greece, you’d invite friends around and open a bottle, or amphora. Then you’d lie on couches and discuss great issues of the day, and the meaning of life. (You are in Ancient Greece, after all.) Eventually, your host sets up a tall, metal pole in the middle of the room and perches a shallow dish on top. Now, everyone flings the dregs of wine in their cups at the dish.
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It took its name from a line in Ivan Chtcheglov's "Formulary for a New Urbanism": "The Haçienda must be built". Tony Wilson was a keen follower of The Situationist International, the movement Chtcheglov belonged to.
Manchester's legendary Haçienda club opened #OTD 1982. Unsuccessful at first: oversized and cold, acoustics bad, programming eclectic. Comedian Bernard Manning performed on the opening night and it didn't go well. https://t.co/tXwr1bMOWi
Various forms of wine "communication". Although in fairness some stay at home and watch Cash in the Attic.
What do the 9.22 million economically inactive people in Britain aged between 16 and 64 do all day?
RT @guyawoodward: Miguel Torres on winemaking in Penedes: 'I don’t know how long we can stay here making good wines – maybe 20 or 30 year…
