Highlights from Millésime Bio & around Montpellier
As Goode tidily wrote up, 2020 saw the 27th edition of Millésime Bio, the world’s largest organic wine fair. We crossed
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Author: Treve Ring
Highlights: Bodegas Lustau Almacenista José Luis González Obregón Amontillado del Puerto
The Spanish word almacenista means warehousekeeper or wholesaler. In Sherry-speak, Almacenistas are generally small family businesses that buy or produce
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Highlights : Champagne Rémi Leroy NV Brut Nature
Based in the Aube, which shares the same Portlandian and Kimmeridgian limestone soils as Chablis just further south, young Rémi
Read moreHighlights : Hajszan-Neumann 2016 Gemischter Satz Natural, Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC Nussberg, Austria
With a name like Fritz Wieninger, you have to trust that wine, and Vienna, is in his blood. Fritz is
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Highlights: Ochota Barrels 2018 Home… Pinot Noir
After making it through the impressive/annoying two layers and colours of wax (so pretty though), this incredibly spicy, tight and
Read moreHighlights : Suertes del Marqués 2017 Vidonia
From Tenerife’s volcanic soils, and organically farmed old-vine Listán Blanco at 350-450m, this mineral-driven blend was native fermented in neutral
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Wine Anorak Holiday Extravaganza
‘Tis the season for list after list of wine pairings: Christmas dinner / brunch / Kwanzaa / tree trimming /
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In Champagne : Pierre Gimonnet et Fils
‘At Gimonnet we are atypical for many reasons,’ says Didier Gimonnet, third generation grower and producer. ‘The first is because
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Beyond grower Champagne: where have all the growers gone?
In March 2019 Ring and Goode visited Champagne, to taste, visit and taste some more. In the recent past, the
Read moreHighlights : Nicolas Joly 2016 Clos de la Coulée de Serrant
Clos de la Coulée de Serrant is a 7ha monopole and a French AOC in its own right, one of
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