Gigondas goes white: tasting the first of the new Gigondas Blanc wines
There’s a lot of excitement in Gigondas about white wines. From 2023, Gigondas can be white as well as red!
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Highlights: Ag.Hora Loureiro Gio Chezade x Soalheiro 2020 Vinho Verde, Portugal
So impressed by this wine! I tried it a while back, then bought a bottle and recently cracked it, and
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Domaine des Lambrays: hitting fresh heights with a new cellar and some new wines, plus two gems from the 1930s
Website: https://www.lambrays.com/en/le-domaine-des-lambrays/ It’s rare to get a chance to taste through so many wines from a top Burgundy producer in
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Tatomer: beautiful wines from Santa Barbara, California, with a Riesling emphasis
Website: https://www.tatomerwines.com/ Graham Tatomer is from Santa Barbara, where Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling were the three main varieties. ‘Riesling
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William Downie, one of Australia’s most thoughtful winegrowers, based in Gippsland, Victoria
Website: https://www.williamdownie.com.au/ William Downie is one of the most thoughtful and interesting winegrowers in Australia. I visited back in December
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Highlights: Lourens Family Wines Lindi Carien 2022 Western Cape, South Africa
Found this wine on the shelf at the Kew branch of the excellent Good Wine Shop. After a walk on
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Champagne Pierre Gimonnet: tasting these excellent grower Champagnes with Didier Gimonnet
Website: https://www.champagne-gimonnet.com/ Based in Cuis, Gimonnet is one of the larger grower Champagne producers with 28 hectares of vines. Half
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Restaurants: Nuno Mendes’ exceptional Cozinha das Flores in Porto
Website: https://cozinhadasflores.com/ I went twice in two nights to Cozinha das Flores. It was that good. The first time was
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Highlights: Barbadillo Manzanilla Solear NV Spain
Is there a better value wine than biologically aged Fino Sherry and Manzanilla? This Solear from Barbadillo is available on
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Spigamonti, a new old grape in Valpolicella with distinctive features
Back in 2009 I did a tasting of some recovered grape varieties in Valpolicella. This is a region dominated by
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