Albariño: a Study
[alβaˈɾiɲʊ] One of northern Spain’s most prolific white grapes, Albariño makes up the majority of plantings in Rías Baixas (90+
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Author: Treve Ring
Highlights: Viñátigo Listán Blanco de Canarias 2020 Tenerife, Spain
Juan Jesús, 4th generation winemaker, founded Viñátigo in 1990, and worked tirelessly since identifying and renovating the native grapes of
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Highlights: A&D Wines Quinta de Santa Teresa Avesso 2020, Baião, Vinho Verde, Portugal
A&D Wines is a family estate, run by Alexandre and Dialina Gomes, located in Vinho Verde’s sub region Baião, on
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VieVinum 2022: a Victorious Return to Vienna
After 4 long years, Vie Vinum, Austria’s national wine show, make a victorious return. Spread throughout Vienna’s magisterial Hofburg Palace,
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The NAT’Cool! Universe
Easily one of the world’s top winemakers, Dirk Niepoort’s insight extends beyond soils, grapes and blends, but into humans, predicting
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Catching up with Nyetimber, England’s Sparkling Champion
As has been widely chronicled, Nyetimber is the largest, and best known English sparkling wine producer, and their growth and
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Highlights: Cantina Arceto Migliolungo Lambrusco NV, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
More than 40 different ancient, traditional red grapes go into this Lambrusco, with 21 of these different varieties of Lambrusco
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Highlights: A País Pair from southern Chile’s Carter Mollenhauer
Karine and her husband, Edgar Mollenhauer run their family winery in the Maule, making a few small-production wines from indigenous
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Modern, finessed Rioja: the exciting wines of Gómez Cruzado
The history of Bodegas Y Viñedos de Gómez Cruzado goes back to 1886, when Ángel Gómez de Arteche, a relative
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Highlights: Natte Valleij P.O.W. 2017, WO Simonsberg-Paarl, South Africa
Natte Valleij’s old cape Dutch buildings have seen a lot of history, including housing a prisoner of war who was
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