Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De
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Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
This is the personal project of Luis Lopes, who makes the wines for Dão superstar Dominio de Açor. He began
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Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Website: https://www.rohnererni.ch/ I tasted this wine with winemaker Madlaina Erni, who took over from her father back in 2016. Rohner
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Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Website: https://www.dworsanna.pl/winnicanizionaturals/ Karol Nizio is making some lovely natural wines from a family estate in Poland, close to the border
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Visiting Kracher, one of the world’s great sweet wine producers, in Austria’s Burgenland region
Website: https://www.kracher.at/ Based in the village of Illmitz, in the Burgenland, Kracher is probably the most famous sweet wine producer
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Exploring Vinho Verde: Aphros
Vasco Croft (above right) is the man behind biodynamic, naturally inclined Aphros, in the Lima subregion of Vinho Verde. He
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Tau! Vinho, an innovative wine project from Portugal’s Vinho Verde
Website: https://tauthings.com/ Tau! Vinho is an interesting and creative wine project that began in 2021 based in Barcelos, Vinho Verde.
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Herdade do Portocarro, interesting wines from Portugal’s Setúbal Peninsula
Website: https://www.portocarro.com/en/home Portocarro is based in the Terras do Sado region of the Setúbal Peninsula, not far from Lisbon. I
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Exploring Vinho Verde: Quinta de Santiago
Website: https://quintadesantiago.pt/en/ Joana Santiago came to work at her family estate in 2009 after 15 years as a lawyer. Previously,
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Portugal’s Vinho Verde, a region transforming itself
Branding is important. In wine, it can happen at the level of the producer. But we also have important collective
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