The wines of Javi Revert, Valencia – a star of the ‘new Spain’ (updated with new notes July 2025)
Valencia is a region in eastern Spain not known for fine wine production, but there is one winegrower – Javi
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Features
Therianthropy Wines: a rising garagiste collective from Niagara, Ontario (updated July 2025)
Therianthropy is the mythical process of shapeshifting, which is another way to view turning nature into wine. Therianthropy Wines is
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The Douro wines of Sogrape’s Casa de Ferreirinha, including Barca Velha, Portugal’s most famous table wine
Sogrape is a big company with a wide range of wines, but also has some gems in its range, most
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New releases by Adelaide Hills star BK Wines, some of Australia’s most interesting low intervention wines
Website: https://bkwines.com.au/ I caught up with Brendon Keys at East End Cellars in Adelaide to taste through some of his
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Wine & Soul: Pintas and Manoella from Portugal’s Douro (updated with new notes, July 2025)
Website: https://wineandsoul.com/ Jorge Borges and Sandra Tavares have built something special with Wine & Soul. I first bumped into them
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Controlling redox potential during fermentation: groundbreaking work from Roger Boulton and colleagues that deserves some attention
Roger Boulton, emeritus professor from University of California Davis and one of the great authorities on wine chemistry, gave a
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The wines of Masiero, a biodynamic producer in Italy’s Veneto
Website: https://www.verdugo.it/en/homepage-2/ Franco and Francesca Masiero founded this winery back in 1996, and they farm biodynamically. Their daughter Giulia Masiero
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Justino’s Projects, Madeira, Portugal
This was a really interesting chance to try some special Project wines from Madeira producer Justino’s. The wines were tasted
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English wine: there’s a new cool kid on the block – Sandridge Barton
Sandridge Barton is the new identity of leading Devon winery Sharpham who are making some innovative wines Website: https://sandridgebarton.com/ I
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Restaurants: The Palomar, Soho, London
The Palomar combines excellent food with a well chosen, interesting wine list. The Palomar is part of the Studio Paskin
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