Etna, Sicily: Palmento Constanza
Website: https://www.palmentocostanzo.com/en/ I’m very excited by this producer, currently making some of the best wines on the island. Organic with
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Etna, Sicily: Tenuta Boccarossa
Website: http://www.tenutaboccarossa.it/ Michele Calabretta was working in the car industry, and it led him to Germany where he met his
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Arribas Wine Co: exciting low-intervention wines from Trás-os-Montes, Portugal
Website: https://arribaswine.com/ Ricardo Alves and Frederico Machado (pictured above) began the Arribas Wine Company in 2017. They are based in
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Video and gallery: Festival del Potatare, the Simonit & Sirch pruning festival 2024
I’m just back from the Festival del Potatare, the second edition of the pruning festival organized by industry leading pruning
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Domaine des Escaravailles, a southern Rhône star
Website: https://www.domaine-escaravailles.com/en/ Escaravilles means bettle in Occitan, hence the scarb beetle on the label. I tasted these wines with Madeline
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Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines at her project Sierra de Toloño
Website: https://www.sierradetolono.com/en/ Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines, with a focus firmly on the vineyard. She
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Wirra Wirra: a McLaren Vale winery on the fine wine transformation path
Website: https://wirrawirra.com/ Wirra Wirra is a long-established winery in Australia’s McLaren Vale. For many years it has had a reputation
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Achaval Ferrer, one of the leading wineries from Argentina’s Mendoza region
Website: https://www.achaval-ferrer.com/ Achaval Ferrer is one of the most celebrated Argentine wineries. I remember being hugely impressed by what they
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Biondi Santi: new releases from this star of Brunello
Website: https://www.biondisanti.it/en/home/home Biondi Santi is one of Italy’s great estates. The brilliant thing about this domaine is the consistency of
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Chianti Classico deep dive (6) exploring Lamole, the smallest UGA
Chianti Classico has recently been divided into 11 UGAs (Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive, which translates inelegantly into Additional Geographical Units). This
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