Wine in cans: technical issues
Canned wine is taking off, but it turns out not to be so simple from a technical perspective. Jamie Goode
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Iconic Wineries of British Columbia: tasting some of the Okanagan’s top wines
Anthony Von Mandl’s empire of high-end BC wineries continues to grow and evolve. Jamie Goode tastes through some of their
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The wines of Cortese, Sicily
Website: https://www.agricolacortese.com/ After protracted negotiations, Stefano and Marina Girelli purchased Cortese from Giovanno Cortese in 2016. It’s a wine estate
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Restaurants: Trullo, Islington, London
Trullo describes itself as a British take on Italian cooking. I went for lunch with a bottle of Foillard Côte
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Behind the scenes at Cramele Recas: Romania’s remarkable wine success story
Back in 1998, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania. They started with 650 hectares of scraggly
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Restaurants: Bistrot Le Nautique Narbonne, France
12 Rue des Nautiquards, 11100 Narbonne, FrancePhone: +33 4 68 91 53 73 This is a real find. It’s a
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Highlights: Occhipinti Vino di Contrada BB Frappato 2016 Sicily, Italy
Arianna Occhipinti makes three different Vino di Contrada wines: BB, PT and FL. They are from different parts of the
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Top McLaren Vale Grenache from Thistledown
Website: https://www.thistledownwines.com/ McLaren Vale Grenache is a success story at the moment. Many people have discovered that if you make
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Highlights: Champagne Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2013
This is the latest release of Moët et Chandon’s Grand Vintage, and it comes from an atypically cool year, where
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