Rhône discovery (3) Domaine Souleyrol, Ventoux
Website: https://domaine-souleyrol.com/ Souleyrol is a beautiful property in Ventoux. It’s a mixed farm with cherries, olives, apricots, table grapes and
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Rhone discovery (2) Domaine Aymard, Ventoux
Website: http://domaineaymard.fr/ When it began bottling its own wine in 1979, Domaine Aymard was one of the first private cellars
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Chianti Classico deep dive (8) Castello di Volpaia
Castello di Volpaia Website: https://volpaia.com/en/#volpaia It was a chilly October evening as we trudged around a beautifully preserved small hilltop
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Chianti Classico deep dive (7) exciting newcomer Cigliano di Sopra
Cigliano di Sopra is really interesting project. It’s a partnership between Maddelena Fucile and Matteo Vaccari that began in 2016
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Giacomo Baraldo, a new star from southern Tuscany
Website: https://www.giacomobaraldo.it/ Giacomo fell in love with wine and went and gained experience around the world, including stints at Greystone
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Alsace adventure (1) Domaine Weinbach
Website: Weinbach Weinbach is one of the great names in Alsace, and this was my second visit. This time it
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The debut releases from Walgate & Co, some of England’s most interesting still wines
Website: https://walgate.eco/ This was a chance to taste the debut release from Ben Walgate’s new venture, post leaving Tillingham. ‘In
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Etna, Sicily: Torre Mora
One of the estates owned by Piccini, Torre Mora has 13 hectares of vines at altitudes between 600 and 700
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Rhône discovery (1) Les Chancel, Ventoux
Website: https://www.leschancel.com/ Pierre Chancel was working for Sanofi, a drug company, in his previous life. At one point he was
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Restless River, one of South Africa’s most singular and interesting wine projects
Treve Ring and I visited Restless River for the second time in October 2022, on a sunny but cool and
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