Highlights: Westcott Pinot Noir 2019 Niagara, Canada
Niagara Pinot Noir has come a long way in a decade. I remember my first visit ten years ago, and
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Cava discovery (9) Augustí Torelló Mata
Augustí Torelló Mata founded a Cava house that has becomeone of the most distinctive in the region. He’s also written
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Almaule: a collective brand focusing on old vine País from Maule, Chile
Website: https://almaule.cl/ Almaule is a collaborative venture, similar to VIGNO, but focusing on old vine País from the Maule region
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Video: natural wine, an explainer
Here’s a short film I recorded for last week’s SASEV meeting in South Africa giving a brief explainer of natural
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Beaujolais adventures (6) Domaine du Grand Pré
I bump into Romain Zordan of Château de Grand Pre fresh off the tractor, where he’s been spraying the vines.
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Beaujolais adventures (5) Domaine de la Grand’Cour/Famille Dutraive
Website: http://domainedelagrandcour.fr/ One of the stars of the Beaujolais natural wine scene is Domaine de la Grand’Cour, which is owned
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Northwest Explorations – Oregon, Washington and Idaho – a Texsom seminar
This seminar was led by Samantha Cole-Johnson and Elaine Heide as part of Texsom. We begin in Oregon, with a
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Meeting Paul Hobbs and trying his wines: one of the world’s most accomplished consultant winemakers
One of the best known Californian consultant winemakers is Paul Hobbs. He began making wine at Mondavi in the late
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The rare grape varieties of Italy: a Texsom seminar
A Texsom seminar led by Marquita Levy-Pennington and Shelley Lindgren. ‘We could have this seminar last for two weeks,’ says
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Video: visiting the Wagram wine region in Austria by tractor
Jamie Goode heads from Graffneg to the Wagram wine region in Austria on tractor. As part of the OTW tastings
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