Highlights: Niepoort Vintage Port 2003
This is a Vintage Port that I tried early on in its life, and then went an bought a bottle
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Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV France
Taittinger have 288 hectares of their own vineyards in Champagne, and supplement this with fruit they buy. They’re very well
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The Crouch Valley, Essex: a leading region for English still wines
The Crouch Valley in Essex is turning out to be a hotspot for still English wines. The reason? It is
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Video: The Crouch Valley in Essex is emerging as a leading English wine region
There is a lot of excitement about the Crouch Valley in Essex, which is emerging as a top wine growing
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Lokaia, an exciting new project from Franschhoek, South Africa
Lokaia is a joint project from Franschhoek vignerons Clayton Reabow (winemaker at Moreson) and Craig McNaught (winemaker at Stony Brook).
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Highlights: Castello Banfi Rosso di Montalcino 2019 Toscana, Italy
Banfi are the biggest players by far in Tuscany’s Montalcino region, with 950 hectares under vine. But this isn’t an
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Bairrada, perhaps Portugal’s best terroir? In seven wines
Bairrada is a wine region in northern Portugal that is attracting a lot of attention at the moment. It has
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No es Pituko, an exciting range of natural wines from Chile
No es Pituko translates as ‘it ain’t fancy’, and this is a series of natural, no-added-sulfite wines from Viño Echeverria.
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Domaine Chanson, Bourgogne: impressive 2020 releases
Domaine Chanson has a sizeable 43 hectares of vines in Bourgogne, and also operates as a negociant. This was a
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Highlight: Arquils Maestro 2019 California
https://arquils.com/ Carlos Caruncho’s story is an interesting one. He was born in Cuba, attended university in Russia, and then defected.
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