In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon
I’m in Chile, and arriving Sunday afternoon I headed off to a very informal Sunday afternoon chill with some local
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation
Website: https://www.dk.com/us/book/9798217126477-the-science-of-fermentation/ Robin Sherriff The Science of Fermentation: explore the fascinating alchemy of fermented food and drinkDorling Kindersley This is
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Wine and travel as competitive sports
Facebook has this thing where it shares with you the content of groups you have never joined. One that I
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road
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Cruse x Hirsch, tasting some Californian gems from this star partnership
Californians Jasmine Hirsch and Michael Cruse are partners in life and wine, and they came to London to share their
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Hatzidakis: a deep dive into these top Santorini wines
Website: https://www.hatzidakiswines.gr/ Hatzidakis are one of the best-known producers from the Greek Island of Santorini, and they were in town
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Yarra Valley (5) Yarra Yering
Website: https://www.yarrayering.com/ One of Australia’s vinous treasures, Yarra Yering was set up by the eccentric genius Dr Bailey Carrodus, who
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Yarra (3) Tarrawarra
Website: https://www.tarrawarra.com.au/ It was a lovely sunny late-spring morning when I visited Tarrawarra’s Swallowfield vineyard with winemaker Sarah Fagan and
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Yarra Valley (2) Oakridge
Website: https://oakridgewines.com.au/ Oakridge has been through quite a few changes over the last 47 years, since its first vineyard was
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Yarra Valley (4) Jayden Ong Wines
Website: https://jaydenong.com/ ‘I don’t like following rules,’ says Jayden Ong (pictured above) as I meet him in his winery and
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