Highlights: a natural Chinon from Patrick Corbineau of indeterminate age
Patrick Corbineau Chinon, Loire, FranceThis is a natural wine with no sulfites added. Doug Wregg brought it along for tasting
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Highlights: Santa Tresa Rina Russa Frappato 2024, Sicily
Website: https://www.santatresa.com/en It’s getting really hard to find good wines below £15 in the UK, but Santa Tresa in Sicily
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Highlights: Sandrine Henriot Régnié Lachat 2022 Beaujolais, France
Sandrine Henriot purchased vines and established her own domaine in Régnié-Durette after several years working for fancy Bourgogne domaines. She
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Highlights: Sommer Blaufränkisch 2020 Leithaberg, Burgenland, Austria
Website: https://weingut-sommer.at/en I’ve been impressed with the wines from Leo Sommer in the past: https://wineanorak.com/2024/11/28/sommer-beautiful-low-intervention-wines-from-austrias-leithaberg-region/ I had this last night
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Judith Beck is making some impressive natural wines in Austria’s Burgenland
Website: https://www.weingut-beck.at/ Judith Beck farms 15 hectares of vines in Gols, in the Burgenland. Farming has been biodynamic since 2007,
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Highlights: Jules Desjourneys Pouilly-Loché 2019 Bourgogne, France
I visited Fabien Duparray of Domaine Jules Desjourneys back in 2018 and loved the wines. Here’s a good one that
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Highlights: Wirra Wirra Church Block 2022 McLaren Vale, Australia
Church Block is one of those important wines that we need more of. It’s affordable, and accessible, but it’s a
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Highlights: The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England
Website: https://www.weyborne.com/ The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England12% alcohol. This is an early release from 2022, and
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Highlights: Masi Brolo Campoforin 2021
Wesbite: https://www.masi.it/en/wines/brolo-campofiorin-rosso-verona-igt-red-wine/ This is from Masi, the masters of appassimento (drying of grapes prior to fermentation) in Italy’s Veneto region.
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Highlights: Paltrinieri Radice Lambrusco di Sorbara in Purezza 2022 Emilia Romagna
Had this tonight at Noble Rot, and it was quite brilliant. I’ve developed a real interest in Emilia Roagna wines
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