On alcohol in wine, and attempts to remove it: a report on the state of play with no-alcohol wine
Let’s do a thought experiment. Imagine you have a stash of wines – maybe a small cellar of a couple
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Paros Farming Community, an interesting concept from this island in the Cyclades
Paros is one of the islands in the Cyclades, and this is a really interesting cooperative winery that brings together
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Domaine Colombet: impressive wines from Saint Joseph in the northern Rhône
Website: https://domainecolombet.fr/ Nicolas Colombet is an eighth-generation winegrower, farming 6 hectares of vines at the Condrieu-adjacent border of the Saint
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Aldo Conterno: tasting the range from this celebrated Barolo producer
Website: https://www.poderialdoconterno.com/en/Homec I was in the right place at the right time to taste these wines. They’d been opened earlier
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Visiting Renán Cancino of Huaso de Sauzal, making ultratraditional wines from Maule, Chile
Sauzal is a small village in the northern part of Cauquenes, in the Maule region of Chile, and it’s where
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Visiting Domaine Huet, the best-known winery in Vouvray
Website: https://www.domainehuet.com/ Huet is one of the great names of the Loire, and perhaps the most famous winery in Vouvray.
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North Canterbury, New Zealand (10) Pegasus Bay
Back in 1976, Christchurch neurologist Ivan Donaldson had caught the wine bug, and with some of his medical friends planted
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Geographic Wines: an exciting pan-regional terroir project from Portugal
Website: https://www.geographicwines.pt/en/homepage/ This is a really interesting new project from Portugal. It’s a pan-regional portfolio, with wines from Vinho Verde,
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The wines of Vietti, a leading Langhe producer
Website: https://www.vietti.com/en/ Vietti is a historical winery based in the beautiful hilltop village of Castiglione Falletto in the Barolo region.
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Nekter Deli: a new wine bar in an impressive space with a great list
Website: https://bar.nekterwines.com/ On Friday evening we headed over to Nekter Deli. I’ve known Nekter as an importer of some very
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