Highlights: Reyneke Organic Cabernet Merlot 2018
This is a lovely wine. Seriously impressed by this, and it’s currently a bit of a steal at just £8.99
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Highlight: Domaine Hase Pino Fin Blanc 2018, Nagano, Japan
This comes from a small winery high up (800 m) in Nagano that I visited last year. I tasted this
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Highlight: Luis Seabra Indie Xisto 2016
After a successful decade as winemaker and right hand to Dirk at Niepoort, Luis Seabra decided to break out on
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Highlights: Ganevat Orégane 2015
This is such a remarkable wine, but that’s what you’d expect from Jean-François Ganevat’s domaine wines. It’s a blend of
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Highlights: Le Rocher des Violettes Côt Vielles Vignes 2017 Touraine
I’m quite a fan of Loire reds, and this Malbec (known locally as Côt) was a nice surprise. It’s very
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Highlights: two sparkling wines from Fitzpatrick, Okanagan, Canada
Fitzpatrick Fitz Blanc de Blanc 2015 Okanagan, Canada12% alcohol. The Fitzpatrick family owned Cedar Creek, and when they sold to
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Highlights: Staffelter Hof Little Bastard 2019 Mosel
Jan Matthias Klein runs his family estate, Staettler Hof in Kröv, in Germany’s Mosel region. As well as some more
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Highlights: Champagne Gérmar Breton Rosé NV
I bumped into this grower Champagne, Gérmar Breton, previously unknown to me, at the Mampuku restaurant in Bordeaux. It was
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Highlights: Quinta do Noval Petit Verdot 2016, Douro
Why would you plant Petit Verdot in the Douro? It’s a region that already has a host of well adapted
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Highlights: Domaine Ostertag ‘Les Jardins’ Riesling 2018 Alsace
Biodynamic since 1997, André Ostertag is one of the stars of the Alsace wine region. Since 2017, he’s handed over
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