Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray
Website: https://www.domainehuet.com/ Huet is one of the great names of the Loire, and perhaps the most famous winery in Vouvray.
Read more
Author: jamiegoode
North Canterbury, New Zealand (10) Pegasus Bay
Back in 1976, Christchurch neurologist Ivan Donaldson had caught the wine bug, and with some of his medical friends planted
Read more
Geographic Wines: an exciting pan-regional terroir project from Portugal
Website: https://www.geographicwines.pt/en/homepage/ This is a really interesting new project from Portugal. It’s a pan-regional portfolio, with wines from Vinho Verde,
Read more
The wines of Vietti, a leading Langhe producer
Website: https://www.vietti.com/en/ Vietti is a historical winery based in the beautiful hilltop village of Castiglione Falletto in the Barolo region.
Read more
Nekter Deli: a new wine bar in an impressive space with a great list
Website: https://bar.nekterwines.com/ On Friday evening we headed over to Nekter Deli. I’ve known Nekter as an importer of some very
Read more
Goode’s Cribsheets (5) Victorian Pinot Noir
Victoria may be the second smallest state in Australia, but it has an amazing diversity of wine regions, including many
Read more
Garcés Silva is making some lovely wines in Chile’s Leyda Valley, mostly under the Amayna label
Website: https://vgs.cl/en/ Garcés Silva is a winery whose name isn’t well known, but they are important in the story of
Read more
The wines of Château Ksara, Lebanon
Website: https://chateauksara.com/ Lebanon is making some pretty interesting wines at the moment. As well as old favourite Musar, there’s the
Read more
La Grange d’Ernest, an exciting new producer from Savoie
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lagrangedernest/ L’Ernest 2024 Vin des Allobroges (Savoie)This is a very exciting new domaine in Savoie, from Lilian Hyza (pictured
Read more
Impressive, well priced wines from Grochau Cellars/GC Wines from Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Website: https://www.grochaucellars.com/ John Grochau started his winery in 2002, initially using his own name, but later switching it to GC
Read more