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Highlights: Castello di Fonterutoli Badiòla Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2017 Italy

December 1, 2023 jamiegoode 165 Views Chianti Classico

The new category of Gran Selezzione has been a real boost to Chianti Classico, and here’s a really good example,

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Features Latest Spain 

The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode 373 Views cava

WebsiteL https://www.cava.wine/en/news-articles/a-congress-examining-cavas-excellence-will-bring-together-the-worlds-most-influential-prescribers-in-barcelona/ I’m just back from two days of deep immersion into all things Cava: the inaugural Cava meeting, held

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Champagne Features Latest TOP STORIES Uncategorized 

A remarkable Champagne tasting at The Remedy, London

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 jamiegoode 488 Views

This was a fun event at the Remedy wine bar in London. As part of their 10th anniversary celebrations. I

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: Vulpes The Cape Fox Chenin Blanc 2022 Swartland, South Africa

November 26, 2023 jamiegoode 1642 Views Chenin Blanc, swartland

This is a new project from winemaker Nuschka de Vos. Her start in the wine industry was a good one:

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Features Latest South Africa 

Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson

November 24, 2023 jamiegoode 630 Views

Websites: https://www.crystallumwines.com/ https://gabrielskloof.co.za/ Earlier this week I stopped at Gabrielskloof in Bot River, South Africa, for a tasting with Peter-Allan

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Food and wine Latest South Africa 

Restaurants: Rubens, Franschhoek, South Africa

November 22, 2023 jamiegoode 423 Views Restaurants

Website: https://www.reubens.co.za/ Franschhoek, in South Africa’s Western Cape, is a beautiful destination. With mountains every way you look, this valley

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Latest Wine Science 

New research suggests that it might be quercetin, not sulfites or biogenic amines, that are responsible for the headaches some people experience after drinking red wine

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 jamiegoode 6808 Views

Some people suffer from headaches after drinking even a small amount of red wine. Usually for these people, the response

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Features Latest South Africa 

The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa

November 19, 2023 jamiegoode 707 Views Elgin

Website: https://www.kershawwines.com/ Richard Kershaw is a British ex-pat and MW who has been making his own wines out of Elgin

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Highlights Latest South Africa 

Highlights: two Cap Classiques from Pieter Ferreira

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023 jamiegoode 394 Views

Pieter Ferreira is so well known for his work at Graham Beck, and for promoting the whole category of Cap

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Features Latest South Africa TOP STORIES 

Storm Wines: one of South Africa’s most exciting producers, based in Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa

November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 jamiegoode 1023 Views

Website: https://www.stormwines.co.za/ Hannes Storm was the winemaker at Hamilton Russell for 13 years (with 12 vintages under his belt), so

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The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine
Features Latest Spain 

The inaugural Cava Meeting: a serious, focused event looking at this important sparkling wine

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 jamiegoode

WebsiteL https://www.cava.wine/en/news-articles/a-congress-examining-cavas-excellence-will-bring-together-the-worlds-most-influential-prescribers-in-barcelona/ I’m just back from two days of deep immersion into all things Cava: the inaugural Cava meeting, held

champagne tasting
Champagne Features Latest TOP STORIES Uncategorized 

A remarkable Champagne tasting at The Remedy, London

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 jamiegoode
Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson
Features Latest South Africa 

Tasting the wines of Gabrielskloof and Crystallum, with Peter-Allan Finlayson

November 24, 2023 jamiegoode
The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa
Features Latest South Africa 

The wines of Kershaw: a champion of single-site and even single-clone wines from Elgin, South Africa

November 19, 2023 jamiegoode

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