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Highlights: Whitcraft Winery Grenache Stolpman Vineyard 2018 Ballard Canyon, California

This is a distinctive and beautiful Californian Grenache, made pretty naturally. Whole bunches are lightly trodden by foot, and then

August 12, 2020 jamiegoode 6959 Views Gewurztraminer

This is a high-end Gewurztraminer from Hugel. Along with Trimbach, Hugel were never really into the Alsace Grand Cru classification.

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Château La Negly La Brise Marine 2019 La Clape, Languedoc, France13.5% alcohol. This is a blend of Bourboulenc, Roussanne and

Chapel Down are one of the UK’s largest wineries, sourcing grapes from all over the south of England. These two

August 10, 2020 jamiegoode 4266 Views Sparkling wine

This is an ambitious sparkling wine from Casa Valduga in Vale dos Vinhedos, Serra Gaucha, Brazil. I really liked the

Chris Alheit is one of South Africa’s top winemakers and old vine rescuers, working closely with the Old Vine Project

Gaja Ca’Marcanda Promis 2017 Toscana, Italy14% alcohol. This is from Gaja’s Tuscan estate in the Maremma, which they bought in

I visited François Saint-Lô on my Loire Valley trip with the Grape Witches a couple of years ago. He’s a

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In celebration of Welsh wine week, I opened this, from Montgomery in Powys. Rondo is an interesting cool-climate PIWI (the

Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa14% alcohol. This is from Hemel-en-Arde, but is labelled Overberg because 20%