Wines on the edge, imperfectly perfect – a seminar and tasting looking at wine faults
A few weeks ago I visited California, presenting a seminar titled Wines on the Edge in Los Angeles and San
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Video: wines on the edge, a closer look at wine faults
A film of a seminar I recently presented in Los Angeles on wine faults, wines on the edge, and imperfectly
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Flawd, Manchester – a really nice natural wine bar and bottleshop
Website: Flawd I was in Manchester to watch a game (Manchester City v Fulham, a last minute winner for City),
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Highlights: two from 2022 in Marlborough, Cloudy Bay and Yealands
It’s compare and contrast from two Sauvignon Blancs from Marlborough – new releases from the 2022 vintage. One priced at
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The wines of Graeme and Julie Bott (Domaine GJ Bott): what happens when a Kiwi comes to the Northern Rhône and finds love and a vocation
Website: https://www.domaine-gjbott.fr/en/ Graeme Bott is a Kiwi and he married Julie, who’s French and was born in the northern Rhône.
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Domaine Bousquet: how a winemaker swapped his French winery for an Argentine one, and then his Kuwait-born Iraqi son-in law grew it to be the country’s leading organic winery
Website: https://domainebousquet.com/en/ This week I met with Labid al Ameri (pictured above), co-owner of Domaine Bousquet, in London to hear
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Aussie versus Kiwi: a Pinot Noir taste off!
I came to Pinot Noir via New Zealand. The first time I ‘got’ Pinot was with a Palliser Estate Pinot
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Some red wine highlights from online retailer The Sourcing Table
I have to declare an interest here as contributing editor, but that said, online retailer The Sourcing Table has the
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Chenin Blanc in Western Australia, an emerging story
Two Aussies were at the recent Chenin Blanc Congress in Stellenbosch, as well as 70 growers from Anjuo/Saumur and Vouvray,
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On the Chenin Blanc trail in Stellenbosch, visiting four old vineyards and tasting the wines
Today I spent the afternoon visiting vineyards. Not an unusual activity for me, but this was part of the second
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