Highlights: two vintages of the Blanc de Raisins Blanc from Mas de Daumas Gassac, Languedoc star
Two versions of the same wine, eight years apart. Mas de Daumas Gassac are best known for their red wine,
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Highlights: Honest Wines Time to Dance 2023 Swan Valley, Western Australia
Really like this gem from the Swan Valley, an old warm-climate region established long before Margaret River was even dreamt
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Highlights: a natural Chinon from Patrick Corbineau of indeterminate age
Patrick Corbineau Chinon, Loire, FranceThis is a natural wine with no sulfites added. Doug Wregg brought it along for tasting
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Highlights: Santa Tresa Rina Russa Frappato 2024, Sicily
Website: https://www.santatresa.com/en It’s getting really hard to find good wines below £15 in the UK, but Santa Tresa in Sicily
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Highlights: Sandrine Henriot Régnié Lachat 2022 Beaujolais, France
Sandrine Henriot purchased vines and established her own domaine in Régnié-Durette after several years working for fancy Bourgogne domaines. She
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Highlights: Sommer Blaufränkisch 2020 Leithaberg, Burgenland, Austria
Website: https://weingut-sommer.at/en I’ve been impressed with the wines from Leo Sommer in the past: https://wineanorak.com/2024/11/28/sommer-beautiful-low-intervention-wines-from-austrias-leithaberg-region/ I had this last night
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Judith Beck is making some impressive natural wines in Austria’s Burgenland
Website: https://www.weingut-beck.at/ Judith Beck farms 15 hectares of vines in Gols, in the Burgenland. Farming has been biodynamic since 2007,
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Highlights: Jules Desjourneys Pouilly-Loché 2019 Bourgogne, France
I visited Fabien Duparray of Domaine Jules Desjourneys back in 2018 and loved the wines. Here’s a good one that
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Highlights: Wirra Wirra Church Block 2022 McLaren Vale, Australia
Church Block is one of those important wines that we need more of. It’s affordable, and accessible, but it’s a
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Highlights: The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England
Website: https://www.weyborne.com/ The Weyborne Oriana Golden Spur Brut 2022 Sussex, England12% alcohol. This is an early release from 2022, and
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