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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Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon 2010
This was a difficult vintage in Champagne that yielded few vintage wines. But despite this – and perhaps because of
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In Franschhoek: Paserene, with Martin Smith
Martin Smith is the fellow behind Paserene. He’s an interesting CV: he spent 10 years making wine in Napa, which
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Yalumba The Caley: a mini-vertical of their top ‘Super Claret’
It is a little-known fact that in the 19th century, the Bordelais used to blend in some Syrah from Hermitage
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Why Pinot Meunier is weird (but wonderful)
Pinot Meunier is an unusual grape variety. Technically, of course, it is not a variety at all. It is a
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