Highlights: I Brand & Family Cabernet Franc Bayly Ranch 2017 Paicenes, California
Website: https://www.ibrandwinery.com/ I don’t know much about winemaker Ian Brand’s project in California, but I saw this wine, bought it,
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Highlights: Pietradolce Archineri Etna Rosso 2017 Sicily, Italy
Pietradolce was established in 2005 (first vintage 2009), and they have 11 hectares of vines planted in high altitude sites
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Highlights: Querciabella Chianti Classico 2017 Tuscany, Italy
This is Sangiovese from Greve, Radda and Gaiole, biodynamically farmed, made by Querciabella. The Greve vineyards are sandstone and sand
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Highlights: La Stoppa Trebbiolo Rosso 2018 Vino Rosso, Italy
How do you assess a wine like this Trebbiolo from La Stoppa? If you are a techno winemaker, you reject
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Highlights: Bodega Lanzaga Corriente 2017 Rioja
Telmo Rodriguez is well known for his wine brand that covers many of Spain’s top regions. He returned to Rioja
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Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Première Cuvée NV
This is the new non-vintage wine from Champagne Bruno Paillard. It’s an Extra Brut (below 6 g/litre dosage), and is
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Highlights: Calco Chardonnay 2018 Limarí, Chile
Calco Chardonnay 2018 Limarí, Chile13.5% alcohol. From De Martino in collaboration with Ben Henshaw and Alvaro Ribalta of Indigo Wines
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Highlights: Roebuck Estates Rosé de Noirs 2016 England
I’ve written about Roebuck Estate’s wines before. They are a relatively new entrant to the UK wine scene, but they
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Highlights: Chasing Rabbits Grenache 2020 Wellington, South Africa
This is a lovely lighter-styled red wine from young Grenache vines in Wellington. It’s a collaborative wine, made jointly by
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New releases from Nicolas-Jay, an Oregon legend in the making
Nicolas-Jay is a collaboration between Burgundian winemaker Jean-Nicolas Méo (Domaine Méo-Camuzet), and renowned music and media entrepreneur Jay Boberg (who
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