Amphora wine day, celebrating wines made in clay, part 1
Each year Herdade do Rocim host an amphora wine day, bringing together wineries from around the world who make wine
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Yarra Valley (8) Luke Lambert
Website: https://www.lukelambertwines.com.au/ Luke makes wine from the northern part of the Yarra where the soils are granite with granitic sand.
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Yarra Valley (7) Timo Meyer
Website: https://timomayer.com.au/ Timo Meyer originally came from Germany, but for a long time now he’s been making some of the
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Yarra Valley (6) Mac Forbes Wines
Website: https://macforbes.com/ Mac Forbes made his name as winemaker with the late John Middleton at Mount Mary in the Yarra
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10 Years of Rotters Towers, with food from Vantre (Paris) and lots of Beaujolais
Each year Noble Rot Lambs Conduit Street celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau day in style, inviting a guest chef or restaurant to
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Highlights: Masi Brolo Campoforin 2021
Wesbite: https://www.masi.it/en/wines/brolo-campofiorin-rosso-verona-igt-red-wine/ This is from Masi, the masters of appassimento (drying of grapes prior to fermentation) in Italy’s Veneto region.
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North Canterbury, New Zealand (4) Bryter Later
Third stop was another new producer for me: Australian James Opie has a hospitality background and loves music, and makes
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Can physical AI help us understand smell and taste? Will robots one day be wine geeks?
We’ve got used to the idea of AI, and how it might be useful. But for many, AI is merely
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Creating a buzz around Beaujolais Blanc
Went to a great event last night, focusing on Beaujolais Blanc. In a region synonymous with Gamay, and celebrating the
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Sifnos, the gastronomic Greek island (7) back to Cherinossos and Sifnos Stoneware
So the final day. We weren’t catching the ferry until 5 pm, so it was back to Cherinissos for the
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