North Canterbury, New Zealand (7) Georges Road
Website: http://georgesroadwines.co.nz/ Kirk Bray was in wine class with Paul Pujol (now winegrower at Prophets Rock in Central Otago) at
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North Canterbury, New Zealand (6) Domaine Williams Raillard et B
While I was in North Canterbury I visited a new producer who has yet to release any wines. Next door
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North Canterbury, New Zealand (5) Fernbank
Website: https://www.fernbank.wine/ Helen and Matt Barbour run a viticultural consultancy company (Barbour Vines) as well as some very well situated
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2016, looking back a decade from 2026
2016 was quite a year for me. A transition year with a lot of travel.
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Gallo, the world’s largest wine company, has three insanely large wineries in California
Gallo (they dropped the E&J bit in 2024) own the three largest wineries in the world. They don’t tend to
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Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, making impressive natural wines in Rheinhessen, Germany
Website: https://biankaunddaniel.de/ I tasted these wines with Bianka Schmitt at the VinNatur festival in Paris, November 2025. The winery has
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Another impressive Swiss producer: Domaine de Montbenay from the Vaud
Website: https://domainedemontbenay.com/ Domaine de Montbenay is run by Paul de Watteville (pictured above), who took over from his father Maurice
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Cave Biber, making lovely wines from Switzerland’s Valais
Website: https://www.cave-biber.ch/en Cave Biber began life in 1971 when when René Mathier established his winery in the village of Salgesch
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Mabillard-Fuchs: beautiful wines from the Valais, Switzerland
Website: https://mabillard-fuchs.ch/ With 3.5 hectares of vines in the village of Venthône in Switzerland’s Valais, Mabillard-Fuchs is making some really
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The big bottle party at the Cool Climate Wine Summit: a selection of interesting wines from Poland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria
I’m at the Cool Climate Wine Summit in Copenhagen, and this year the opening evening was in the form of
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