Highlights: Little Pomona Ripple Egremont Russet Unoaked Still Cider 2022 England
I know this is a cider, but it’s just so good, and so vinous, that I had to include it.
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Highlights: Danbury Ridge Chardonnay 2022 at Le Vignoble, Plymouth
After a nice walk along the Cornish coast from Plymouth (there’s a ferry going to Mount Edgecumbe in Cornwall), we
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Highlights: Sandridge Barton Sharpham Figgie Daniels 2022
Website: https://sandridgebarton.com/ Sharpham Figgie Daniel Madeleine Angevine & Pinot Blanc Col Fondo 2022 Devon, England12% alcohol. What used to be
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Highlights: Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2022 Alsace
Website: https://www.domaine-bruno-sorg.com/ Domaine Bruno Sorg Pinot Noir 2023 Alsace, France12.5% alcohol . Served chilled sitting outside this is just perfect
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Highlights: two ambitious Viogniers, from Yalumba and Laurent Miquel
Viognier is a really interesting grape variety, and these are two ambitious examples from producers who have focused quite strongly
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Highlights: Quintessa 2021 Napa, California
Website: https://www.quintessa.com/ Quintessa make just one red each year from its 135 acres of vines in Rutherford. There’s no second
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Highlights: Champagne Jerome Blin Les Ports Zero Dosage
Champagne Jérôme Blin Les Ports Complantation Zero Dosage 2020 FranceFrom an organically farmed parcel called Vincelles, planted in 1986, and
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Highlights: GB Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero 2018 Piemonte, Italy
This is a beautiful Barolo, that I had with some good wine friends at Manteca, off the list. It was
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Highlights: Gérard Bertrand Villa Soleilla 2021, taking orange wine to new heights
Gérard Bertrand Villa Soleilla 2021 France14% alcohol. Villa Soleilla is probably the world’s most expensive orange wine. It’s made from
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Fifty years of Lytton Springs, the famous Zinfandel-based wine from star California producer Ridge
Website: https://www.ridgewine.com/ The current release of Lytton Springs, the 2022, celebrates 50 years since this single-vineyard wine was first launched
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