Crozes-Hermitage (6) Delas Frères
Website: https://www.delas.com/en/ Marco Beckman, cellar master, gave us a tour of the beautiful new winery, and then we tasted with
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Crozes-Hermitage (5) Cave de Tain
Cave de Tain is one of the leading players in the northern Rhône. I remember visiting back in 1998 as
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Crozes-Hermitage and its new generation: exploring the largest of the appellations in the northern Rhône
Early on in my journey into wine I fell in love with Syrah from the northern Rhône. The problem was
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Australia Day Lunch 2025: celebrating Australian wine with some fine older bottles
As is the tradition (well, for the last four years) a group of jolly wine folk gathered to celebrate Australia
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The remarkable wines of Barbeito, the leading producer from Madeira
Ricardo Freitas is a third generation Madeira producer, and his family firm Barbeito is widely regarded as the top producer
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A wine dinner at Toklas, previewing their new wine list
Website: https://www.toklaslondon.com/ Toklas is a bustling modern-Mediterranean style restaurant just round the corner from Somerset House in London. Last night
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Vergelegen rebooted: visiting this important South African winery and meeting the man tasked with fulfilling the potential of an amazing set of vineyards
Website: https://vergelegen.co.za/ Vergelegen is one of the great wine projects of South Africa, and it has now been rebooted after
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Polish wine: a study
This Polish wine seminar was presented by Adam Michocki at the Cool Climate Wine Summit in Copenhagen, January 2025. Adam
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Published today: my UK Sparkling Wine Guide 2025
Normally things move slowly in the traditional world of wine. But around the fringes, things can move fast, and that’s
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Danish wine: a study on this small but fast-growing cool climate wine scene
This was a seminar at the 2025 Cool Climate Wine Summit in Copenhagen, led by René Langdahl and Torben Toldam
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