New releases from Simpsons Wine Estate in Kent
Based on the slopes of the North Downs in Kent, Simpsons Wine Estate is an impressive operation turning out some
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Highlights: high-end wines from Calmel & Joseph
Calmel & Joseph are an impressive, forward-thinking winery in France’s Languedoc region. They have a large domaine of 160 hectares
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Mediadoping: how some social media influencers aren’t playing fair
I love Instagram. I spend a lot of time there, and I make some money from paid partnerships. It’s one
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Oeno at home: tasting wines from this high-end wine company
This time last year I went to an amazing tasting at Landing 42 of the Leadenhall Building in London. It
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Ageing wines in space? Sending dormant vines into space? Is this at all scientifically interesting?
Ageing wine in space? It’s all over the news at the moment, courtesy a rather bizarre publicity stunt that’s looking
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Jean Max: the wines of Maxime Barrot, a new star of natural Beaujolais
I was blown away when I tasted these wines from new natural wine negociant Jean Max (declaration of interest: they
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A Cabernet Franc study, with UK fine wine merchant Lay & Wheeler
This was a Zoom tasting with UK fine wine merchant Lay & Wheeler, with wines in small bottles courtesy of
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Highlights: I Brand & Family Cabernet Franc Bayly Ranch 2017 Paicenes, California
Website: https://www.ibrandwinery.com/ I don’t know much about winemaker Ian Brand’s project in California, but I saw this wine, bought it,
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Gut Hermannsberg: visiting this Nahe winery, one of Germany’s top estates
Website: https://gut-hermannsberg.de/en One of my few vineyard visits of 2020 was to Gut Hermannsberg, in Germany’s Nahe region. It was
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Cramele Recas: new releases from this significant Romanian wine producer
Cramele Recas is a large winery in Romania (1250 hectares of estate vineyards, production of 25 million bottles), making modern,
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