Simon Reilly
- Jul 11, 2020
- 3 min
Discovering Daniel Ham's Off Beat wines in lockdown
Lockdown started with good intentions. I wrote a list of jobs. Painting various parts of the house, build those planters that have been...
Simon Reilly
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
The wines, they are a changing
This article was originally published in Issue 22 of Root + Bone magazine in January 2020. Technology in wine? Now that’s a tough brief....
Simon Reilly
- Jun 27, 2019
- 4 min
The (vin de) French Revolution
An edited version of his article was originally published in Issue 21 of Root + Bone magazine. Whilst the “in your (rich, elitist) face”...
Simon Reilly
- Jun 11, 2019
- 8 min
Making Etna wine with I Vigneri
Another family holiday, another vineyard trip craftily sneaked in. I am the booker of holidays in our family, a role which allows me to...
Simon Reilly
- Apr 21, 2019
- 4 min
Voodoo shit
An edited version of this article was originally published in issue 20 of Root + Bone magazine. I find the concept of biodynamics a bit...
Simon Reilly
- Nov 22, 2018
- 3 min
The Completist
This article was originally published in Issue 19 of Root + Bone magazine. There is a view that wine geeks like me are little more than...
Simon Reilly
- Nov 21, 2018
- 3 min
Luigi Tecce and the international language of wine
Wine is the essence of life. In the countries where there is wine, they did not need to reform the church and they have the best...
Simon Reilly
- Oct 17, 2018
- 5 min
Root + Vine Issue 1 - Cutting the fruit's commute
Hello. Yes, I am still here. Apologies if the content on this site has dried up somewhat, but I've been busy creating a new wine...
Simon Reilly
- Jul 8, 2018
- 3 min
Centopassi - wines from the side of a mountain
A little over a year ago I moved jobs. My old job was based in central London and although I like to think I was just very good at...
Simon Reilly
- Jul 8, 2018
- 5 min
Wood is good - the wines of Tenute Sella
I recently tasted through the latest set of wines from Tenute Sella, a family owned estate in Biella, Alto Piemonte. I first discovered...
