Dubourdieu: white wines from Bordeaux, dry and sweet
Denis Dubourdieu was a famous wine scientist, winemaker and consultant who had a big impact on white winemaking in Bordeaux.
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Arnot Roberts
Elegant, balanced single vineyard wines from one of California’s most exciting small wineries Website: arnotroberts.com Arnot Roberts is a collaboration between
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Visiting Champagne Jacques Selosse, with Anselme Selosse
Selosse is different. And brilliant. It was great to be able to visit this celebrated grower, who in turn has
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Stems and whole bunches in red winemaking: a hot topic
Jamie Goode takes a closer look at the deliberate choice by many winemakers to leave the stems in their red
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Learning to taste
It sounds a bit silly instructing people how to drink wine. I’m assuming that most people are familiar with the
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Sniff my wine: what the nose tells us
Take a good sniff of your wine. We get a lot of information from our noses in tasting. In fact,
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Does knowledge enhance the enjoyment of wine?
I once went to a lecture by an eminent philosopher who also happened to be a bit of a wine
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Beckham Estate: great Oregon wines, plus amphorae
Andrew and Annedria Beckham are making some of Oregon’s most compelling wines, and they have a great story, too. I
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What to look for in a wine
I’ve talked in earlier ‘new to wine’ articles about how to approach wine tasting, and what the ‘nose’ of a
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Champagne Ulysse Collin: visiting and tasting with one of the region’s new stars
Visiting the Champagne region: a conversation and tasting with Olivier Collin This was a brilliant visit with the dramatic, expressive
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