Waking the Sleeping Grape: the birth of the next wine superpower?
Straight from Macau, where I just spent five days judging at the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards 2025, I caught
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Marselan is turning out to become China’s key grape variety: a seminar with Marselan expert and Chinese resident Julien Boulard
Julien Boulard (pictured above) presented this session on Marselan. He’s a master of wine based in China, and he did
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Ningxia and Xinjiang, China’s two main wine regions, a seminar with Xing Wei
As part of the 2025 Edition of the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine Awards the judges have some education in the
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SOUTH AFRICA LAGS BEHIND EUROPE WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIC VITICULTURE – 12 PRODUCERS UNITE TO SEEK CHANGE
Organic wine movement spearheaded by Radford Dale in South Africa
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Wine and Asian food: a masterclass with Richard Hemming of 67 Pall Mall
Jamie Goode attends a seminar in Macao where Richard Hemming presents his book looking at matching wine with Asian food,
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Meet Raphaëlle Guyot, who is recovering lost terroirs in interesting parts of Bourgogne
UK agent: Newcomer Wines Raphaëlle Guyot studied winegrowing and winemaking at Beaune, graduating in 2015. This was followed up with
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California exploration: Kutch, visiting their new home and tasting the 2023 new releases
I’ve written extensively about the wines of Jamie Kutch before, so it was great to be able to visit him
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Crozes-Hermitage: my pick of 22 of the best wines from this interesting appellation
Back in late November I visited Crozes-Hermitage in the Northen Rhône, taking some time to visit many of the producers,
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Crozes-Hermitage (18) a big tasting of whites and reds
WHITES In 2023, Crozes-Hermitage was 11% white. Here I tried 18 whites. Vidal-Fleury Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 202213% alcohol. Marsanne with some
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Crozes-Hermitage (14) Domaine des Hauts Châssis
Next stop was at Domaine des Hauts Châssis, for a visit and tasting with the Raphaël Faugier. His father created
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