Highlights: Dow’s Vintage Port 2024 Douro, Portugal
Isn’t Port wonderful? And Vintage Port, the pinnacle of the Port world, can even be drunk young. I reckon it’s
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Highlights: Markus Altenburger Chardonnay Vom Kalk 2024 Austria
I bought this from an amazing neighbourhood grocery shop – Lauriston Grocers in Victoria Park. As well as a great
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Highlights: Waitrose No 1 Don Gaspar Dry Amontillado by Lustau
I bought this Amontillado for a special recipe (to cook with) but it’s actually seriously good. I feel bad using
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Highlights: Roc des Anges Alquimia Vin de Voile NV Vin de France
This is a blend of Grenache Gris and Macabeu from the amazing Roc des Anges in the Roussillon. It spends
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Highlights: an amazing vinous cider from Little Pomona
Website: https://littlepomona.com/pages/about-us I’m going slightly off-message and including a cider here. It’s from the excellent Little Pomona, and it was
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Highlights: Stesso Stesso Beulah Violetta Rosso 2024 Umbria, Italy
A lovely low-intervention red from Umbria. Stesso Stesso Beulah Violetta Rosso 2024 Umbria, Italy12.5% alcohol. Stesso Stesso is the winemaking
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Highlights: Cecilia Pinot Noir 2024 Ceres, South Africa
Impressed by this Pinot from a region in South Africa that isn’t well known for it. Cecilia Pinot Noir 2024
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Highlights: Black Chalk HiDE Extra Brut 2021 Hampshire, England
Website: https://blackchalkwine.co.uk/products/hide-2021 This is a new single-vineyard sparkling wine from Black Chalk. It’s a very chalky block with shallow soils
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Wild Irishman Tūturi Pinot Noir 2024 Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand
Tuturi is the Wild Irishman home vineyard. It’s a 2.5ha site planted in 2002/2003 with clones 115 and 667, on
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Highlights: Mateus Nicolau de Almeida Trans-Douro-Express Cima Corgo 2022 Douro
I recently reviewed the amazing wines from Mateus Nicolau de Almeida. Douro with a difference, packaged in Riesling-style bottles, aiming
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