Exploring Lirac (2) Clos du Jas
Grégory Sergent (pictured above) is the man behind Clos du Jas. He spent 15 years as a paratrooper in the
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Exploring Lirac (1) Château Boucarut
Château Boucarut is a new producer in Lirac. Saskia and Maurice Goetschy established the domaine in Roquemure in 2017. They
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The wines of Jocelyn Hogan, a top producer from South Africa
Jocelyn Hogan began her wine project in 2014. The wines have always been good but with the 2021 vintage they
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Pink performance: a rosé review with a global selection of wines rated
Pink wine is such an important category these days. Everyone likes it, it sells well, and it’s a category that
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Trizanne Signature Wines: a single-vineyard approach focusing on the Cape South Coast
Website: https://www.trizanne.co.za/ Trizanne Barnard is the winegrower behind Trizanne Signature Wines, which she began in 2008, after working for four
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Leonardslee, a new sparkling wine producer from Sussex, England
Website: https://leonardsleefamilyvineyards.com/leonardslee-wine-estate Leonardslee is the project of Penny Streeter and her family. It’s a Sussex estate that she acquired in
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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (3) Emeritus
Website: https://www.emeritusvineyards.com/ My first visit in Russian River Valley was a great one: Emeritus. This is a winery with two
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In Niagara (11) Dobbin, an exciting new winery
Website: https://dobbinestate.com/ Dobbin is an exciting new winery on the Twenty Mile Bench in Canada’s Niagara region, and it’s based
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Grape vines in the wild: what they looked like before domestication
I’m fascinated by wild vines. We are so used to seeing vines growing neatly in rows in vineyards that sometimes
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Discovering the Mâconnais (5) Domaine Fichet
Website: www.domainefichet.fr Domaine Fichet is one of the most impressive of the Mâconnais domaines I’ve visited. They are based in
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