Discovering the Mâconnais (13) Domaines Auvigue
Website: https://www.loron.fr/en/en-domaines-auvigue/ Auvigue is the jewel in the crown of Maison Jean Loron, which is one of the oldest and
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Discovering the Mâconnais (12) Les Vignerons de Mancey
Website: https://www.lesvigneronsdemancey.fr/en/ Les Vignerons de Mancey is, as the name suggests, a cooperative cellar. But it’s a small cooperative, around
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Discovering the Mâconnais (11) Domaine Eric et Catherine Giroud
Website: https://www.domainegiroud.fr/ I met with Eric and Catherine on a lovely July day in one of their vineyards, along with
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Visiting the Macedon Ranges, a cool-climate Australian wine region making some exciting wines (1) introduction
Website: https://www.macedonrangeswine.com.au/ Macedon Ranges is a small, cool-climate region in Victoria, about an hour’s drive north of Melbourne. At altitudes
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Exploring the Macedon Ranges (3) Cobaw Ridge and Joshua Cooper Wines
Cobaw Ridge is a really interesting producer, based on the north side of the Macedon Ranges in Victoria, Australia. When
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Exploring the Macedon Ranges (2): Place of Changing Winds, a remarkable project focusing on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Website: https://www.placeofchangingwinds.com.au/ This is a remarkable project from Robert Walters, who for over 15 years has been wine buyer for
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Exploring the Macedon Ranges (4): Bindi, one of Australia’s leading wineries
Website: https://bindiwines.com.au/ In the Macedon ranges, a short drive from Melbourne, Michael Dhillon (pictured above) is currently making some of
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A big tasting of Japanese wines
I’ve been following Japanese wine for a while, and a while back I attended a large tasting of Japanese wines
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The disappearing middle
We see lots of cheap wine, lots of expensive wine, but what’s happened to all those mid-priced wines? One of
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Rosé roundup: tasting and rating a wide selection of pink wines
Rosé is an important wine category, but still it struggles to be taken seriously by wine geeks. But it’s commercially
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