Highlights: Champagne Bollinger Rosé NV
Unfortunately, unlike the regular NV, I can’t get this in the local convenience store for £34. But I really like
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Highlights: Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1996 Pauillac, Bordeaux
Grand-Puy-Lacoste was ranked as a fifth growth in the 1855 classification, but if the rankings were decided today it would
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Highlights: Ganevat J’en Veux Encore, rethinking fine wine
I really love this wine, and the way that it causes us to re-think fine wine. It’s not from a
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Highlights: Craven Cinsaut 2021 Stellenbosch, South Africa
I’m a big fan of the wines of Mick and Jeanine Craven, who are making some of Stellenbosch’s most interesting
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Highlights: Sottimano Barbaresco Cottá 2018, Piemonte, Italy
Andrea Sottimano and his father Rino produce highly regarded, structural, age worthy wines from their 13 hectares across Barbaresco. This
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Highlights: two Itata wines from Dominio del Cuarzo
Felipe Ramirez has a lot of experience making wine around the world, including the Rhône, Burgundy and Oregon, as well
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Highlights: Poggio Lamentano Vino Rosso 2020 Italy
Website: https://www.vinolamentano.com/ This is a new wine from Bolgheri (Tuscany) and there’s a story behind it. Davy Zyw is the
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Highlights: Kalfu Sumpai Sauvignon Blanc Nicolasa Vineyard 2020 Huasco Valley, Chile
What’s special about this wine? It’s a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that comes from the northerly vineyards Ventisquero planted in the
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Highlights: three new releases from English winery Westwell
Westwell Naturally Petulant Pink 2022 Kent, England12% alcohol£25 Westwell https://www.westwellwines.com/collections/all/products/naturally-petulant-pink-2022This is a disgorged PetNat with no additions. It’s a blend
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Highlights: Red Tail Ridge ‘Frost Smoke’ Blau Franc Blend 2021 Finger Lakes
I’m in Syracuse at a wine conference (Bev NY 2023) and I had a free night, so I went into
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