Happy New Year! Feast your eyes on one dynamic British importer's current range of American wines.
This week London importer Flint Wines will be frantically assembling samples for their burgundy tasting next Tuesday. But although they are particularly active in Burgundy, founder Jason Haynes having worked for OW Loeb in its heyday, they have joined the swelling ranks of UK importers beginning to take imports from California seriously.
This is all very good news. The days when the California wine scene was polarised between extremely expensive Napa Cabernets and supermarket brands are well and truly over, and an increasing proportion...