Château Haut-Bailly: one of the star properties of Bordeaux
Website: https://www.haut-bailly.com/en/home.html Haut-Bailly is consistently one of my favourite Bordeaux Châteaux, and so it was nice to taste through some
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50 years of Kanonkop, one of South Africa’s leading wineries
Johann Krige (proprietor) was in town with Abrie Beeslaar (winemaker) in a tasting that celebrated 50 years of Kanonkop, one
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Highlights: Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé NV Hampshire, England
This is the debut vintage of the Hambledon Première Cuvée Rosé, and it’s based on the 2016 vintage. The idea
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Exploring Bourgogne (1) Domaine Verret, Saint-Bris
Domaine Verret14 route de Champs – 89530 Saint-Bris-Le-VineuxTel. +33 (0)3 86 53 31 81www.domaineverret.com The Verret family have been winegrowers
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Penfolds Collection 2023, including the new 2019 Grange
Peter Gago was in London to introduce the 2023 Penfolds Collection. This iconic Australian producer has been busy adding wines
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Cava discovery (4) Vilarnau
Website: https://www.vilarnau.es/en Vilarnau is a medium-sized Cava house owned by González Byass since 1982. In the 1980s they wanted to
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Beaujolais adventures (3) Domaine Les Garçons, an exciting newcomer
This is a very exciting new project in Beaujolais. First vintage of this domaine was 2020, and it is run
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Video: In Rioja, visiting 10 wineries with World’s Best Vineyards
In July 2023 Jamie Goode joined a trip with World’s Best Vineyards competition to Rioja, visiting 10 leading wineries in
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New Hall Wine Estate: 2021 releases from this Crouch Valley (Essex, England) winery
Website: www.newhallwines.com One of England’s oldest commercial vineyards, planted in 1969 by Bill and Sheila Greenwood. That year they began
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Penn Croft and Itasca Wines: an interesting Hampshire contract winery (Thorrington Mill, Wraxhall, Missing Gate) also making their own wines
Ben Smith is the winemaker at Itasca Wines, a 600 ton winery in north Hampshire. Here he makes some of
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