Highlights: a wine made from a forgotten old variety in Israel, Dalton Grounded Zuriman 2021 Galilee
The interesting story behind this wine is that it is made from the Zuriman grape variety. Israel has a lack
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Highlights: Itay Lahat Roussanne 2021 Upper Galilee, Israel
I’m in Israel, to talk at a conference on regenerative viticulture tomorrow. So it’s only appropriate to be drinking a
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Highlights: Jolie Laide Dans le Vide 2021, California, USA
Jolie-Laide is a one-man operation based in the Sebastopol winery of Pax Mahle, where winemaker Scott Schultz (Pax’s cellar master),
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Highlights: Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes Grand Blanc Sec 2020 Bordeaux
Suduiraut, a leading Sauternes producer, have decided to take dry white Bordeaux more seriously. It’s a good move: while their
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Highlights: Craggy Range Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2011 Martinborough, New Zealand – tasted 10 years apart
I bought a six-pack of this Kiwi Pinot Noir in 2013 from Majestic Wine for £18 a bottle. I cracked
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Highlights: Pícaro del Aguilar Clarete Vinhas Velhas 2016 Ribera del Duero, Spain
This is a really intriguing wine that I’ve fallen in love with, and which I buy. It’s the in-between land
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Highlights: Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal
Adega do Vulcão Ameixâmbar Arinto de Açores 2018 Portugal13% alcohol. This is the special Azores variety named Arinto that’s different
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Highlights: Champagne Lallier Réflexion R.019
Website: https://champagne-lallier.com/en/ Lallier recently became the first Italian-owned Champagne house when they were bought by Campari. They also hired Dominique
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Memorable Champagnes of 2022
Treve Ring and Jamie Goode pick their memorable Champagnes of 2022. First up, it’s Ring’s selections, and then Goode’s. It
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Vin de Constance 2018 – the new release of this famous sweet wine
Back in the 1980s South African winery Klein Constantia revived a piece of vinous history. In the 18th and 19th
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