The wines of Bosman, Wellington and Hemel-en-Aarde, South Africa
Website: https://bosmanwines.com/ Wellington-based producer Bosman have quietly become one of the most interesting of all South African producers. They don’t
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Chianti Classico deep dive (4) San Felice
Website: https://www.sanfelice.com/en San Felice is another wine estate with a lot of properties. These in the past were accommodation for
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Most Memorable Champagnes of 2023
Though Champagne sales fell in 2023 (The Comité Champagne [CIVC] predicted sales of 314 million bottles vs 326 million sold
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In Niagara, Canada (11) The Organized Crime Winery
Website: https://www.organizedcrimewinery.com/ The Organized Crime is a slightly unusual name for a winery, but they are making some really lovely
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In Niagara, Canada (10) Malivoire, now a Gamay specialist
Website: www.malivoire.com Martin Malivoire’s background is in film special effects, so during his career he saw a lot of change,
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A Centre Loire study: seven wines, red and white
Tasted these Centre Loire wines together. It’s an interesting region and there are lots of good terroirs here. I visited
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Chianti Classico deep dive (3) Fèlsina
Website: https://www.felsina.it/en/ Like many of Chianti Classico’s grand properties, the land at the extensive Fèlsina estate was farmed by sharecroppers
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The Old Road Wine Co, a Franschhoek-based winery making some impressive single-vineyard wines
Website: https://oldroadwinecompany.com/ Launched in November 2018. Owned by. The idea is to make interesting wines with good stories. These are
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Visiting Constantino Ramos, resurrecting the red wines of Monção and Melgaço in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal
‘My background is from the pharmaceutical industry,’ says Constantino. ‘My family didn’t produce wine.’ He did a degree in pharmacy
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Exploring Japanese wine (6) visiting Tamba Wine in Kyoto
Website: https://www.tambawine.co.jp/ Tamba Wine is a vineyard and winery based in the middle of the Kyoto prefecture in Japan, some
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