Glass bottles for wine: exploring the science
Glass is remarkable, yet we tend to take it for granted. Wine wouldn’t be what it is today, were it
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Author: jamiegoode
Gallery: vintage at Tillingham, a natural winery in Sussex, UK
Two days in Sussex. I actually did some proper work. After a gentle first day (looking round, tasting the 2020
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Three impressive gastronomic rosés
These three wines are from Justerini & Brooks, and all appeal. It’s great to the ranks of serious, ambitious rosé
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Highlights: two from Roebuck Estates, Sussex, England
Roebuck Estates is new to me (they are a relatively new arrival on the UK wine scene), but I was
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Highlights: Altano Organic 2019 Douro, Portugal
Don’t see many organic wines from the Douro, but here’s a good one, at an affordable price point. It’s from
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Two lovely wines from Navarra, Spain: Aseginolaza y Leunda
Website: https://aseginolazayleunda.com/ Pedro Leunda and Jon Aseginolaza are childhood friends from San Sebastien, now making wine from the north western
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Highlights: Ridgeview Oak Reserve NV England
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of sparkling wine house Ridgeview, a limited edition high-end bottling has been released. The base
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Sisseck’s Sherry: the Pingus winemaker invests in Jerez
It’s early days for this new project, but perhaps it’s a sign of the future for the Sherry region that
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The hundred halters
Jamie Goode discusses the future of wine criticism, and asks whether traditionalists might resist the journey into the sunlit uplands
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Highlights: Les Champs de Themis Bouzeron Les Corcelles 2014 Bourgogne
I visited Xavier Moissenet at his domaine in Bouzeron last year. This is a bottle he gave me then: his
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