Six wines from UK independent wine merchant Tanners
Website: https://www.tanners-wines.co.uk/ Tanners is a highly competent independent merchant chain, who also do quite a bit of regional wholesale. These
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Highlights: Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir Alvarinho 2022 Portugal
Really impressed by this fizz from Soalheiro in Vinho Verde. Soalheiro Nature Pur Terroir Alvarinho 2022 Vinho Espumante IG Minho,
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Champagne Perrier Jouët have implemented regenerative viticulture in half of their vineyard area, and they are already seeing differences in the base wines
Jamie Goode travels to Champagne to visit the vineyards of Perrier-Jouët. Five years ago they began trialling regenerative approaches and
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Restaurants: celebrating 10 years of the Barbary, Neal’s Yard, with its countertop-only dining spanning southern Europe to north Africa
Website: https://www.thebarbary.co.uk/neals-yard Great meal last night at The Barbary, Neal’s Yard (London). It’s one of two locations for this amazing
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Highlights: Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2023 South Africa
This is the latest vintage of one of the world’s great sweet wines. It’s the Vin de Constance from Klein
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Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs 2015
Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2015 France12% alcohol. From the warm, dry vintage of 2015 this is
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Restaurants: Heard Burger, Soho, with some lovely Lambrusco Sorbara
Website: https://heardburger.co.uk/ I’ve been to a few good Burger places of late. There’s the brilliant Gasoline Grill in Copenhagen, and
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Highlights: Morandé La Capilla El Cabernet de Ránguil 2021 Itata, Chile
This is quite special. It’s from 130 year old ungrafted vines planted on degraded granite soils, with a red clay
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Highlights: Cecilia Wines Cinsault 2025 Piekenierskloof, South Africa
Cinsault was historically a hugely important red grape for South Africa. Often, red ‘varietals’ from fancy grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon
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Excursions off the Riesling trail: what else can the Finger Lakes do?
This was a seminar at the FLXcursion event that I’ve just come back from. The goal was to explore the
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