Highlights: Wolf & Woman Chenin Blanc 2020 Swartland, South Africa
It’s amazing how many serious expressions of Chenin are coming out of the Swartland these days. I know the scene
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Highlights: two wines from Penn Croft, a regeneratively farmed vineyard in Hampshire
Website: https://penncroftvineyards.com/pages/sustainability Simon Porter is a farmer, and owner of the Penn Croft winery in Hampshire. He’s been farming regeneratively
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Highlights: David & Nadia Grenache 2018 Swartland, South Africa
Grenache has a good future in the Western Cape, I reckon. David and Nadia Sadie are making some really impressive
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Highlights: Cantina Arceto Migliolungo Lambrusco NV, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
More than 40 different ancient, traditional red grapes go into this Lambrusco, with 21 of these different varieties of Lambrusco
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Highlights: A País Pair from southern Chile’s Carter Mollenhauer
Karine and her husband, Edgar Mollenhauer run their family winery in the Maule, making a few small-production wines from indigenous
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Highlights: Natte Valleij P.O.W. 2017, WO Simonsberg-Paarl, South Africa
Natte Valleij’s old cape Dutch buildings have seen a lot of history, including housing a prisoner of war who was
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Highlights: two top whites from Tillingham, Sussex, England
I’ve written about Tillingham, one of the UK’s most exciting wineries, before on this site. Here are notes on two
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Highlights: Thierry Germain Clos de L’Echelier 2019 Saumur Champigny
This is impressive: it’s a varietal Cabernet Franc from a 2.5 hectare clos, surrounded by a 300 year old wall.
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Highlights: Wynns Coonawarra Estate ‘Black Label’ 2019
This Australian classic is now in its 64th vintage. It was first made in 1954 when Australia’s wine industry was
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Highlights: Balassa Szent Tamás Furmint 2019 Tokaji, Hungary
Furmint is an ancient grape with at least 450 years of history. Hungary has most of it, with almost 4000
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