Story of Wine
The history of wine is a long one, and it takes a writer of Hugh Johnson’s stature to bring it to life. The Story of Wine is now available in a re-issued an updated version, plus a view on the changes in the global wine world over the past 30 years.
Latest Articles
The conviviality of sharing makes Chai Parisien a wine bar that appeals to everyone
A wine bar in Paris. Yes! But then different. “Le Bon JAJA” at Chai Parisien seduces friends and wine lovers alike. It is the Paris we love.
There is something distinctly Japanese about Japan’s native Koshu grape
With its 1,000 year history, the Koshu grape is Japan’s oldest variety. Koshu wine matches perfectly with Japanese cuisine Koshu tends to heighten the its natural flavours.
Cava Huguet at Can Feixes: we want to try to sell our passion for what we do
There must be in everyone a love for Spanish Cava. Winejus tasted Huguet Gran Reserva Brut Nature 2009 starring the Parellada grape.
Fine dining in COVID times, the 1.5 meters gastronomy of 2*Michelin chef Erik van Loo
Starlicious Rond de Tafel or around the table is a new, temporary fine-dining concept at the Gashouder Amsterdam. From July 1 to August 31, 2020, five Michelin star chefs are preparing their signature dishes in the ‘Gashouder’.
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Wine Photography
Before Bernard Magrez started to do offer luxury overnight stays and gourmet meals regurarly, we visited the legendary Château Pape Clément in Pessac, south of Bordeaux on a windy afternoon in July for a tasting visit and lunch. The first thing I realised was that Château Pape Clément is one of the oldest Grands Crus of Bordeaux. The first known harvest goes as far back as 1252. Some fifty years later the Archbishop of Bordeaux, Bertrand de Got became Pope in 1305 under the name of Clement V. Named ever since after its most famous owner, Château Pape Clément is surrounded by rows of vines, 1,000-year-old olive trees, and a greenhouse designed by Gustave Eiffel. Yet, in my eyes the wines take center stage.
Portfolio
Photos create visual journals of the wine world and its people. They are an abstraction from real life, yet the images look real. They recall and document foregone situations. That’s why they are a unique source of reflection & remembrance. View my growing collection of photographs from wine cellars to portraits to vinescapes.
Cellar
Cellar lights are snapshots that visualize the uniqueness of the (wine) cellar, a world otherwise hidden.
Couleur
Couleur locale snapshots visualise impressions characteristic of a specific region or historical period, of its couleur locale.
Portraits
Portraits have always been more than just a record. A portrait is a visual representation of meeting a particular person.
Vineyards
Vineyards have always been more than just a place. A vineyard is a representation of a particular landscape.
Vintage
Vintage history are snapshots from harvests in the past. They visualise the uniqueness of an certain era, a bygone or forgotten world.
Wine
A variety of fun and amusing snapshots about grapes, vineyards winemaking, wine, food and spirits.
Travel journal
The red, ochre and yellow ancestral terroirs of Sicily gave Cos winery something so special that they decided to handle the grapes naturally. Cos lets the grapes ferment spontaneously on the skins -using indigenous yeasts- in terracotta amphorae buried in the ground. The clay of the of 440 litres amphorae is porous like oak but the advantage with clay is that it gives no taste or flavour to the wine, while the wine still breathes.
WineJus &wanderlust
Travel isn’t something we just want to do. It is something we need to do. We are self confessed sufferers from wanderlust, this relentless urge to keep moving. In away it is similar to the urge of a winelover. To find something extraordinary, to find something unsampled. This is the result of curiosity. The impulse to seek new information and experiences and explore fresh possibilities. With travel comes the understanding of how things came to be. Anyway, the journey changes you. Needless to say that travel can be awfully complicated and that it isn’t always comfortable, but there are lots of rewards on the way and often a bit of magic too.
The best thing you can do is to take travel as is, and to recognize its beauty. To create your own range of stories, just as we do at Winejus. Get on your way, connect, because travel is what ignites us all.
Domecq sherries are quietly aged in traditional American oak barrels at the oldest surviving Almacenista bodega named after Pilar Aranda y Latorre. The building is perfect for the west winds that bring moisture to the flor.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, awarded a "Remarkable Site for Taste" by the French government, is bordered by the Rhône River. Its famous vineyards with large and small pebbles are found in a landscape of slopes and plateaus.
Travel stories
An important part of the travel experience are travel stories. An beautiful image may work as a snapshot, but in the eyes of many not always convey a true impression of a travel experience. We hope our stories have a quiet power to evoke a place and time, are a reminder of the way travel can open the mind and the heart.
Some will tell us that we are mad travellers, we don’t care. We just hope you’ll gently absorb the essence of the Winejus experience, that our stories and insights create a resonance, give you ideas or something to long for.
