Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine Saint Roch
Website: https://www.domaine-saintroch-84.com This is a significant producer, not just of Beaumes-de-Venise, but also of other crus. Altogether they have 70
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Bachelder revisited: tasting through the 2023s from this important Canadian producer, who is mapping Niagara one vineyard at a time
It was great to take the opportunity to taste once again with Thomas Bachelder, one of Canada’s top winemakers. Geoffrey
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Raúl Moreno, making stunning wines from sherry country
Raúl Moreno is originally from Sevilla, and he began his wine education working in restaurants in London, where he moved
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Highlights: Sugrue Never Mind The Gamay Here’s The Pinot Meunier 2025 England
Website: https://www.sugruesouthdowns.com/products/never-mind-the-gamay-2025 Sugrue Never Mind The Gamay Here’s The Pinot Meunier 2025 England12.5% alcohol. This blends together 97% Pinot Meunier
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine La Ligière
Website: https://laligiere.fr/ I visited La Ligière with owner Philippe Bornard. This is his parents’ and grandparents’ estate. His father was
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Xavier Vignon
Xavier Vignon arrived in the region in 1996, and started to make wines here in 1998. He was an outsider,
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Petitjean family, Domaine de Cassan and Château Les Croix des Pins
Websites: https://domainedecassan.fr https://www.chateaulacroixdespins.fr Domaine de Cassan is a beautifully located estate at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail. I
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine De Fenouillet
Website: https://domaine-fenouillet.fr/ I visited with Justine and Valentin Soard, who are cousins. Domaine de Fenouillet was created in 1989 by
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The brilliant Douro wines of Mateus Nicolau de Almeida/Ameztoy & Almeida
Website: https://ameztoyalmeida.com/ Mateus Nicolau de Almeida is the son of the well known João Nicolau d’Almeida of Ramos Pinto fame,
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Sablière: a new 0% alcohol sparkling ‘wine’ designed from first principles
Website: https://sabliere.co.uk/ I’ve written quite a bit about the attempts to make interesting, complex dealcoholized wines. There’s another approach, which
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