Highlights: Champagne Gosset Grande Reserve Brut NV
I really like the wines of Gosset, which with a production of 1 million bottles a year isn’t a big
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Exploring Greece (5) Tselepos
Website: https://tselepos.gr/?lang=en Many of the foundations of what’s happening in Greek wine circles have their origin in a quiet revolution
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Highlights: Spioenkop Wines 1900 Queen Manthatisi 2018 Elgin, South Africa
Really liked this rather unusual white blend from Elgin winery Spioenkop. Spioenkop Wines 1900 Queen Manthatisi 2018 Elgin, South Africa13.5%
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Highlights: Fox Run Ikehu Cabernet Franc 2017 Finger Lakes, New York State
Cabernet Franc is a grape variety that is thriving in the Finger Lakes wine region in New York State, which
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Exploring Japanese wine (4) a dinner with amazing wines at Shimanouchi Fujimaru Winery
Website: www.papilles.net This was a beautiful evening at Fujimaru Winery, which is a restaurant and urban winery in Osaka. This
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Are pesticide levels in wine something we should be concerned about?
Advocacy group Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) do some good work. We need independent bodies that campaign for food
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The remarkable big bottle cellars at the Hospiz Alm in St. Christoph am Arlberg, Austria
Website: https://www.arlberghospiz.at/en/gastronomy/hospiz-alm-restaurant/ The Hospiz Alm restaurant is based in the small hamlet St. Christoph am Arlberg, which is the highest
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Austrian Fine Wine Masterclass: 15 remarkable bottles
This was a tasting focusing on Austria’s fine wine dimension, hosted by Paula Sidore, Willi Balanjuk and Peter Schleimer at
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Tasting top fortified wines blind: the 2023 Best Bottle Award in Lech am Arlberg, Austria
Best Bottle Award 2023, Restaurant Fux, Lech am Arlberg, Austria Part of the Arlberg Weinberg festival, this is the fourth
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Visiting Hirsch, one of the leading producers in Austria’s Kamptal wine region
Website: https://www.weingut-hirsch.at/en/ Johannes Hirsch is making some of Austria’s best Grüner Veltliner and Riesling from his winery in Kammern, which
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