Xavier Young, Author at Club Oenologique

Xavier Young

Club Oenologique contributor

London- and Brighton-based photographer Xavier Young started taking photographs as a teenager and has happily continued for the past 40 years. His meticulous still- life work has appeared in a wide range of international publications and for commercial clients including Sunday Times Style, Ocado, Fortnum & Mason, Sotheby’s NYC, Tatler and Centurion magazines. He shoots the Review section of our print magazine.

The Loire’s Chenin Stars

The Collection

The wines of the Loire Valley are increasingly on collectors’ lips. Pascaline Lepeltier introduces those shaped by Chenin Blanc across Anjou, Saumur and Touraine, and identifies some key bottlings to seek out

by Pascaline Lepeltier

Magic in the malt

spiritsThe Collection

Speciality malts have long been an essential flavour-driver in craft beer. But whether due to cost, yield or pure technical difficulty, they have never meaningfully caught on in whisky-making – until now. Kristiane Westray tastes her way through this new wave of whiskies

by Kristiane Westray