Cava discovery (5) Codorníu
Wine was first made at Codorníu in 1551, by Jaume Codorníu. The surname Codorníu was lost in 1659 when one
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Birichino, Santa Cruz, California
Website: https://www.birichino.com/ Founded by Alex Krause and John Locke in 2008, Birichino (‘ch’ is pronounced ‘k’) began with a focus
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Book review: From Bordeaux to the Stars, by J.M. Cazes
I really enjoyed reading From Bordeaux to the Stars, the English translation of Jean-Michel Cazes autobiography, initially published in 2022
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Quinta de Baixo, where Niepoort are making increasingly compelling wines in Bairrada, Portugal
Dirk Niepoort has long been interested in the terroirs of Bairrada. He thinks that the combination of the chalky clay
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Beaujolais adventures (4) Château de Javernand, Chiroubles
Pierre Prost (pictured above) is an articulate advocate of agroecology, something that he’s implementing in the vineyards of Château de
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Château Haut-Bailly: one of the star properties of Bordeaux
Website: https://www.haut-bailly.com/en/home.html Haut-Bailly is consistently one of my favourite Bordeaux Châteaux, and so it was nice to taste through some
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50 years of Kanonkop, one of South Africa’s leading wineries
Johann Krige (proprietor) was in town with Abrie Beeslaar (winemaker) in a tasting that celebrated 50 years of Kanonkop, one
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Exploring Bourgogne (1) Domaine Verret, Saint-Bris
Domaine Verret14 route de Champs – 89530 Saint-Bris-Le-VineuxTel. +33 (0)3 86 53 31 81www.domaineverret.com The Verret family have been winegrowers
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Penfolds Collection 2023, including the new 2019 Grange
Peter Gago was in London to introduce the 2023 Penfolds Collection. This iconic Australian producer has been busy adding wines
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Cava discovery (4) Vilarnau
Website: https://www.vilarnau.es/en Vilarnau is a medium-sized Cava house owned by González Byass since 1982. In the 1980s they wanted to
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