Brent Marris, Emma Marris and The Ned, tasting wines from one of Marlborough’s (NZ) emerging dynasties
The Marris dynasty are an important part of Marlborough’s past, present, and surely future. John Marris was the land agent
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Brunia, an exciting cool-climate wine project from South Africa’s Walker Bay
Website: https://www.bruniawines.co.za/ This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region
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Cantina Antonioli are making lovely natural wines in the foothills of the Apennine mountain range in Italy’s Umbria
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cantinaantonioli/?hl=en Giulia and Giorgio Antonioli came to wine as a second career: she was an archaeologist and he was
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La Biancara di Angiolino e Alessandro Maule: meet one of Italy’s most celebrated natural wine producers
Website: https://www.angiolinomaule.com/en-home Angiolino Maule is a leading figure in the Italian natural wine scene. He and his wife Rosamaria began
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Vallado: impressive Douro wines, including some great value options
I first visited Quinta do Vallado back in 2002, and I’ve been back a few times since. The quinta and
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Hector’s: a small but perfectly formed wine bar with a great list
Website: https://hectorslondon.co.uk/ I can’t believe this was my first visit to Hector’s. It’s a brilliant wine bar located in De
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Moreish: elegant wines from Dão and Bairrada, Portugal (and one from Spain, too)
This is the personal project of Luis Lopes, who makes the wines for Dão superstar Dominio de Açor. He began
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Smart Swiss wines from Viticoltura Rohner-Erni
Website: https://www.rohnererni.ch/ I tasted this wine with winemaker Madlaina Erni, who took over from her father back in 2016. Rohner
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Nizio Naturals: brilliant low-intervention wines from Poland
Website: https://www.dworsanna.pl/winnicanizionaturals/ Karol Nizio is making some lovely natural wines from a family estate in Poland, close to the border
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Visiting Kracher, one of the world’s great sweet wine producers, in Austria’s Burgenland region
Website: https://www.kracher.at/ Based in the village of Illmitz, in the Burgenland, Kracher is probably the most famous sweet wine producer
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