Highlights: Champagne De Saint Gall Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2008
Champagne De Saint Gall Orpale Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2008 France12.5% alcohol. De Saint-Gall are a growers cooperative and
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Year: 2021
The ‘traditional method’, and how it has enabled Champagne to shed the complication of vintage variation
Champagne is rare in the wine world, in that it’s a wine region that is incredibly consumer-facing. Whereas many of
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Neudorf, one of New Zealand’s top small wineries, with Rosie Finn
On Instagram Live, I caught up with Rosie Finn, who since 2016 has been back in New Zealand working at
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Interview: Kelby Russell of Red Newt Cellars, a leading producer from the Finger Lakes, New York State
Jamie Goode interviews Kelby Russell, winemaker at Red Newt Cellars in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region, and tastes some
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Domaine Giraud Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2018 Southern Rhône
This is quite a brilliant wine. I was really stunned by how elegant and fine it was – Grenache at
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Highlights: Cara Sur Parcela Los Nidos 2018 San Juan, Argentina
Cara Sur is a joint project between Sebastián Zuccardi and Marcela Manini who have partnered with Nuria Añó Gargiulo and
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Highlights: Chapoutier Sicamor Crozes-Hermitage 2018 Northern Rhône
So impressed with this wine. It’s a relatively new release from Chapoutier, and it has a wonderful wild intensity to
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Learning to recognize wine: on objects and perception, part 2
When we experience a smell, it is almost never a single molecule that we are smelling. We recognize mixtures of
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Video: Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer
A film from a visit to Kumeu River in west Auckland, New Zealand. The Brajkovich family started making wine here
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Dealing with hail, a viticultural hazard that’s becoming more common
One of the big threats to many wine regions is hail. Once the vines have their foliage, hail can destroy
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