Spotlight on Saint-Joseph: tasting 39 different wines from this northern Rhône cru
It was back in 1956 that Saint-Joseph became an appellation, and the original classification was expanded in 1969 from the
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Features
Matthias Müller, stunning wines from the Mittelrhein in Germany
Website: https://www.weingut-matthiasmueller.de/en/start-en/ Matthias Müller is a family-owned wine estate based in the Mittelrhein. It’s a beautiful area, and this stretch
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Gamine Rose, innovative wines from the Dão and Douro
Odile Rose Bouchard is the winegrower behind Gamine Rose. Her family own Quinta do Tedo, a small Port estate in
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Silice, beautiful natural wines from Ribeira Sacra, Spain
Silice is the project of Fredi Torres (pictured above), and is based in Ribeira Sacra. He began Silice in 2013
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RPM, a music-inspired low-intervention winery from Portugal
Website: https://www.vinrpm.com/en/ The basis of this music-inspired project is a family farm, which has been owned since the 1930s by
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Esterházy, a historical estate reborn, making lovely wines from Austria’s Leithaberg (Burgenland) region
Website: https://esterhazywein.at/en/ Esterházy is a historic estate, located in the Leithaberg subregion of Burgenland. The Esterházy castle, owned by the
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Netzl and Christina, two generations from the same winery in Austria’s Carnuntum region
Website: https://www.netzl.com/en Many Austrian wineries are family owned, and the change of generations is a way that some use to
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Filippi: natural expressions of Soave, Italy
Filippi are based in Soave, and the property has 20 hectares of forest as well as 14 hectares of vines.
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Three nice rosés: Boutari, Delaunay, Foncalieu
It’s rosé season, and here are three attractive, well priced examples, including a nice one from Greece. Boutari Dianthos Xinomavro
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Videos: Robots in the vineyard, new technology applied
Viticulture is expensive, and a lot of the cost is paying people to do quite boring, repetitive work. Of course,
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