Piemonte adventure (5) visiting GD Vajra, one of Barolo’s top producers
Website: https://www.gdvajra.it/en/homepage ‘We are 50 years old, which makes us youngsters in the region, and we had a very humble
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Superb wines at Enomania, Copenhagen
Website: http://www.enomania.dk/ Enomania is a remarkable Italian restaurant in Copenhagen with a strong interest in wine, as implied in the
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Cava discovery (6) Muscàndia
Website: http://www.muscandia.com/en This small winery is one of the most impressive of the Cava producers I’ve come across. It’s the
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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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