I distinctly remember the first time I saw wine in a can. I was visiting the Francis Ford Coppola winery, probably around 2004. At the time, the wine-loving film...
The phenomenal rise of canned wine
Monday 19 August 2019
Alder Yarrow charts the new big thing in wine in the US. We're very pleased to publish a monthly column by Alder who has been shortlisted for this year's Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards and the 2019 Marchesi Mazzei Wine Columnist of the Year. Malu Lambert was also shortlisted in the Roederers, for her article here on Clairette – a rising star, as was Andrea Frost for her column on JancisRobinson.com.
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