Tasting the current releases from Restless River
Restless River is a small, but mighty, family-owned winery in the cool Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Goode and I first visited
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Year: 2021
Highlights: Dominio del Águila Reserva 2016 Ribera del Duero, Spain
Dominio del Águila is a winery based in La Aguilera, Riberal del Duero. It’s run by Jorge Monzón and Isabel
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Koerner: a new producer from the Clare Valley now making some of Australia’s most exciting wines
Website: https://koernerwine.com.au/ The vineyards that are behind new Clare Valley superstar Koerner have been in the family for 45 years
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English sparkling wine taste-off: Black Chalk Classic 2017 vs Nyetimber MV
I thought it would be fun to try two of the UK’s top sparkling wines side by side: Nyetimber’s current
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In Piedmonte: visiting Giuseppe Rinaldi, with Alessia and Carlotta
This was my first professional visit in Piedmont, and as they go, it was quite a good start. It was
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Modesty and talent: Balfour wines from Hush Heath Estate are actually pretty rad…
Lisse Garnett and Jamie Goode visit the estate and report back on an operation that isn’t quite as the marketing
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Visiting Gaja, one of Piedmont’s top producers, and seeing the new Alta Langa vineyards
Barbaresco is a small town, and it is pretty much dominated by one producer, Gaja, who put this Piedmont appellation
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Highlights: G.D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo 2019 Piedmont, Italy
I had this wine last night at a lovely restaurant in Pollenza, in Piedmont. It was a fancy place, but
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Highlights: Jules Desjourneys Pouilly-Loché 2017 Bourgogne, France
Fabien Duperry is fast becoming a bit of a legend, and his wines transcend the terroirs he works with in
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Bodega Contra Corriente: Welsh-speaking Chubut in Patagonia is producing cool climate wines to sing about
Lisse Garnett tells the story of a new wine region with an intriguing history, in Argentina’s Patagonia. Wine notes by
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