Niepoort launch their amazing 2019 Vintage Port
Niepoort have launched their 2019 Vintage Port, in a tasting beamed live from the Niepoort Lodge in Vila Nova de
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Symmetry: amazing South African tonic essences from Tista Cristini
Tista Cristini is the dude behind Symmetry Tonic Essences. He left South Africa for 15 years, and spent a decade
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Vivant: a new interactive online wine experience
Michael Baum, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, entered the wine world in 2014 when he bought Château de Pommard in Burgundy. As
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Mediadoping: how some social media influencers aren’t playing fair
I love Instagram. I spend a lot of time there, and I make some money from paid partnerships. It’s one
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Oeno at home: tasting wines from this high-end wine company
This time last year I went to an amazing tasting at Landing 42 of the Leadenhall Building in London. It
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Ageing wines in space? Sending dormant vines into space? Is this at all scientifically interesting?
Ageing wine in space? It’s all over the news at the moment, courtesy a rather bizarre publicity stunt that’s looking
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Jean Max: the wines of Maxime Barrot, a new star of natural Beaujolais
I was blown away when I tasted these wines from new natural wine negociant Jean Max (declaration of interest: they
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A Cabernet Franc study, with UK fine wine merchant Lay & Wheeler
This was a Zoom tasting with UK fine wine merchant Lay & Wheeler, with wines in small bottles courtesy of
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Cramele Recas: new releases from this significant Romanian wine producer
Cramele Recas is a large winery in Romania (1250 hectares of estate vineyards, production of 25 million bottles), making modern,
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What can wine critics learn from music reviewers? Geoffrey Moss interviews Peyton Thomas
Geoffrey Moss is a Master of Wine based in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, where he is a contributor at Gismondi on
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