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Highlights: Rare Champagne 2012

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Rare used to be a prestige cuvée of Piper-Heidsieck, but since 2018 has been a stand-alone brand. Since 2011 both

Back in 1956, just as sharecropping was ending, the De Marchi family of Piedmont bought two estates in San Donato,

The Mornington Peninsula wine region. This region has established itself as Australia’s most important for Pinot Noir, and it also

Reallly good to find a wine like this made from Heritage Chenin vineyards (over 35 years old), part of the

These four samples were at hand, so I did a taste and compare. Riesling is such a singular variety. I

Mayacamas Chardonnay 2023 Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, California13.5% alcohol. This is fine, restrained and pure on the nose with focused

Website: https://www.verget-sa.fr/en/ Julien Desplans (winemaker, pictured above) and Sophie Guffens (daughter of the owner) were in town to show off

Website: https://domainedelacote.com/ Sashi Moorman was in town to talk about the wines of Domaine de la Côte, a Pinot-focused winery

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Tasting the Kin Grenache 2023 from Barossa Valley star winery Alkina who have developed a micro-parcel approach to their vineyard

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Website: https://ayaestatevineyards.com/en/ Aya is a boutique winery in the Struma Valley. They have two vineyards. The first is Harsovo, near