The beautiful wines of Juan Antonio Ponce, from Manchuela, Spain
Website: https://bodegasponce.es/ Manchuela is a lesser-known Spanish wine region inland from Valencia, specializing in the Bobal grape variety. It’s a
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The wines of Terre de la Custodia, Umbria, Italy
Website: https://www.terredelacustodia.com/en/ Terre de la Custodia are based in Umbria, Italy. I recently tried six of their wines, and here
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Honrado: an exciting Alentejo project combining enotourism, traditional gastronomy and talha wine
Website: https://www.honrado.pt/ The south of the Alentejo wine region in Portugal is currently home to an exciting revival of traditional
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Pyramid Valley: tasting the 2020 Botanical Collection wines from this special New Zealand producer
Website: https://www.pyramidvalley.co.nz/ ‘It’s a big moment in time for us at Pyramid Valley,’ said Steve Smith, introducing this tasting of
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XXVI Talhas: a remarkable winery in the Alentejo working only with old clay vessels
Website: https://www.xxvi-talhas.pt/ Ricardo Sanios is the dude behind XXVI Talhas, which is based in Vidigueira (it’s pronounced ‘vin-say-sh tal-yas’ if
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Visiting Yangarra, a star producer in Australia’s McLaren Vale
Website: https://www.yangarra.com/ The story of Yangarra nicely tracks with the revival of Grenache as a key variety in Australia, where
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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (6) Benovia
Website: https://benoviawinery.com/ Benovia is a really impressive Russian River Valley winery that began in 2005. It’s a partnership between Joe
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Exploring Swedish wine (1) introduction
I’ve just spent a few days exploring Sweden’s vineyards, which are mostly based in Skåne in the south of the
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Exploring Swedish wine (8) Flyinge Vingård
Website: https://www.flyingevingard.com/ Vombsänkan, where Flyinge is located, is the historic horse region in Sweden, and horses have been bred here
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Exploring Swedish wine (9) Jesper Friberg
Jesper Friberg is a freelance winemaker with wide experience internationally. He worked for a year in Felton Road, and spent
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