Wine bars: L’Enoteca, Malmö, Sweden
Website: https://lenoteca.se/ On a recent trip to Sweden I had some time to spare in Malmö before heading over the
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Author: jamiegoode
Tasting interesting wines in Stockholm, generating word cloud tasting notes with an expert group
I recently did a seminar in for wine folk in Stockholm – at Vinkällan, the Scanadnavian Wine Academy – which
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Bordeaux 2022: tasting the wines from this much-hyped vintage now they are in bottle
Each year I look forward to tasting the most recently bottled vintage of Bordeaux. These wines will have been shown
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Highlights: Château Musar 2004 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
Website: https://chateaumusar.com/ Musar is the most famous name in Lebanese wine. I remember buying this distinctive wine when I first
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Soil Therapy: a new star making distinctive terroir-focused wines from Alsace
Website: https://www.facebook.com/soiltherapywine/ Thomas Larmoyer was supposed to be in town to present his wines but his passport had expired. But
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Highlights: Cartuxa Tinto Colheita 2020 Alentejo, Portugal
Website: https://www.cartuxa.pt/en/ I had this wine one evening last week when I was lecturing at the university in Vila Real.
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Who would want to be a restaurant reviewer? Why it is a horrible gig
Some people think that being a restaurant reviewer for a well recognized publication must be a great job. You get
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In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (10) Kanzler Vineyards
Website: https://kanzlervineyards.com/ Kanzler is a relatively new boutique winery in the Sebastopol Hills of the Russian River Valley, run by
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Video: in the vineyards of the Mâconnais, Bourgogne, France
In July 2024 I visited the Mâconnais wine region in the south of Bourgogne (Burgundy), France. It’s an underrated region
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Restaurants: Brat, Shoreditch (London)
Website: https://bratrestaurant.co.uk/redchurch-st/ I’ve been a few times to Brat, but not as often I should have been to this Michelin
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