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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Tasting the top Gérard Bertrand wines at the harvest festival
The centre point of the Harvest Festival 2021 at Gérard Bertrand was a tasting through the high-end estate wines, which
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A mini Bacchus study
Bacchus is one of the most popular grape varieties in the UK, and is mainly used for still wines. It’s
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Rosé round-up, 26 pink wines assessed
In the course of tasting for my Sunday Express column, and general sampling duties, I have been tasting quite a
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Harvest in Champagne, September 2021
I spent yesterday in the vineyards of the north-facing slopes of the Montagne-de-Reims, primarily in Verzenay, but also in Mailly,
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