All Good Things: tasting three examples from this new supermarket-targeted brand
All Good Things This is a new brand focusing on Australia and New Zealand, with appealing, direct packaging. They are
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Canadian Sparkling Wine: a rare tasting crossing the country, with 24 different wines
Canadian Sparkling Wine is a category that is progressing nicely. This tasting was a selection of 24, across many different
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Highlights: Dow’s Vintage Port 2024 Douro, Portugal
Isn’t Port wonderful? And Vintage Port, the pinnacle of the Port world, can even be drunk young. I reckon it’s
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Highlights: Markus Altenburger Chardonnay Vom Kalk 2024 Austria
I bought this from an amazing neighbourhood grocery shop – Lauriston Grocers in Victoria Park. As well as a great
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Eight wines under £10 that offer amazing value, from The Wine Society
It’s getting very hard to find wines that retail under £10 in the UK and which still have any character,
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Visiting Montes, a major Chilean winery who are making the switch to regenerative viticulture
I visited Montes with Rodrigo Barral chief viticulturist and Santiago Izcúe, winemaker. It was an interesting visit: this is a
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Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative
Websites: https://terredelbarolo.com/en/ https://arnaldorivera.com/en/ The Terre del Barolo cooperative was founded in 1958 in Castiglione. First vintage was 1959, and today
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A tasting of 48 top artisan Champagnes from Berry Bros & Rudd
This tasting brought together a brilliant selection of artisan Champagnes, all of which are being offered by UK wine merchant
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Highlights: Waitrose No 1 Don Gaspar Dry Amontillado by Lustau
I bought this Amontillado for a special recipe (to cook with) but it’s actually seriously good. I feel bad using
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Restaurants: an amazing tasting menu at AngloThai, London
Website: https://anglothai.co.uk/ A beautiful confluence of flavours, aesthetics and spot on service at AngloThai, complemented by a banging wine list.
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