Restaurants: Hide and Fox, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent
Hythe is an underrated town. It’s on the Kent coast, and just east is Folkestone, in walking distance. But while
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Year: 2021
Santorini Superstar Artemis Karamolegos
Artemis Karamolegos is one of the most dynamic wineries on Santorini. Inspired by his grandfather, who started making wine and cultivating
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The wines of Big Basin Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Website: https://www.bigbasinvineyards.com/ Bradley Brown founded Big Basin Vineyards after a career in Silicon Valley. He’s based in the Santa Cruz
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The Business of English Wine (2): Robin Hutson, Chairman of the Pig Hotels and founder of Hotel du Vin
In the second of our series on the business of English wine, Lisse Garnett interviews influential hotelier Robin Hutson, the
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Visiting Champagne Mumm (2): new approaches to viticulture
Mumm is one of the two Champagne houses owned by Pernod Ricard, along with Perrier-Jouët. I visited them during harvest
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Champagne Veuve Cliquot reserve wine tasting: getting geeky about fizz
This was an interesting tasting of reserve wines from Veuve Clicquot. La Grand Dame Vintage 2012 label was designed by
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Highlights: Torres Varietat Recuperada No. 23 Forcada 2016
Forcada is one of the many autochthonous Spanish grapes that were on the brink of extinction. That is, before the
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A focus on Australian Shiraz: freshness, diversity and a sense of place
I took part in an international virtual tasting of some top Australian Shiraz wines last week, hosted by Mark Davidson
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The wines of Calder: focusing on California’s heritage varieties
Website: https://calder.securecheckout.com/ Calder is the label of Rory Williams, son of John Williams of Frog’s Leap. Rory’s day job is
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Some top wines from Corney & Barrow
I recently tried these wines from London-based wine merchant Corney & Barrow. Some real highlights, including a gorgeous natural Beaujolais,
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