Highlights: Two from Vasse Felix in Margaret River, Australia
I was really impressed by this pair of wines. Australia’s Margaret River is an important wine region, and its specialities
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Highlights: Lyme Bay Winery Pinot Noir 2020 Essex, England
This is an impressive Pinot Noir showing the still wine potential of the Crouch Valley in Essex. It’s sourced from
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Highlights: El Hombre Bala 2015 Vinos de Madrid, Spain
Gotta love infusion-style Garnacha from Gredos! This is a good one. I bought this bottle a few years ago at
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Highlights: Viticoltori de Conciliis Donnaluna Aglianico 2018 Paestum IGP, Italy
Viticoltori de Conciliis is based in southern Campania and was founded as a winery in 1996. This is when three
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Highlight: Bodegas Tradicion Amontillado 30 Years VQRS
I visited Bodegas Tradicion a couple of years ago. It’s one of the very best bodegas in Jerez. Began the
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Highlights: A duo of striking reds from 4Kilos
A kilo is old Spanish slang for one million Pesetas, Spain’s former currency. 4 Kilos founders Francesc Grimalt and Sergio
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Highlights: Niepoort Vintage Port 2003
This is a Vintage Port that I tried early on in its life, and then went an bought a bottle
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Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV France
Taittinger have 288 hectares of their own vineyards in Champagne, and supplement this with fruit they buy. They’re very well
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Highlights: Castello Banfi Rosso di Montalcino 2019 Toscana, Italy
Banfi are the biggest players by far in Tuscany’s Montalcino region, with 950 hectares under vine. But this isn’t an
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Highlight: Arquils Maestro 2019 California
https://arquils.com/ Carlos Caruncho’s story is an interesting one. He was born in Cuba, attended university in Russia, and then defected.
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