Bordeaux 2022: tasting the wines from this much-hyped vintage now they are in bottle
Each year I look forward to tasting the most recently bottled vintage of Bordeaux. These wines will have been shown
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Features
Soil Therapy: a new star making distinctive terroir-focused wines from Alsace
Website: https://www.facebook.com/soiltherapywine/ Thomas Larmoyer was supposed to be in town to present his wines but his passport had expired. But
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Who would want to be a restaurant reviewer? Why it is a horrible gig
Some people think that being a restaurant reviewer for a well recognized publication must be a great job. You get
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In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (10) Kanzler Vineyards
Website: https://kanzlervineyards.com/ Kanzler is a relatively new boutique winery in the Sebastopol Hills of the Russian River Valley, run by
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Bowled over by the single origin 2015 wines from Champagne Philipponnat
Website: https://www.philipponnat.com/ Over lunch at the excellent Clove Club, I caught up with Charles Philipponnat and a small band of
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The wines of Sidónio de Sousa, Bairrada
Bairrada is one of Portugal’s most interesting wine regions, specialising in reds from Baga, but also some really good sparkling
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The wines of Te Wā, Moldova
Website: https://tewawines.co/ Moldova meets New Zealand! I first came across the wines of Te Wā when I tasted through a
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In Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (9) Joseph Swan with Rod Berglund
Website: https://www.swanwinery.com/ Rod Berglund is one of the most respected winemakers in the Russian River Valley, and for the last
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The Symington Vintage Port Day: celebrating the pinnacle from the Douro, looking at 2022, 2003, 1985 and 1963
Vintage Port is the pinnacle wine of the Douro. Made from top vineyard sites in the best years, it is
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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) Iron Horse
Website: https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/ Joy Sterling is making some of the USA’s best sparkling wines at Iron Horse, a winery founded by
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