Highlights: Alheit Vineyards Fire By Night 2018
Chris Alheit is one of South Africa’s top winemakers and old vine rescuers, working closely with the Old Vine Project
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Highlights: Gaja Ca’Marcanda Promis 2017 Toscana, Italy
Gaja Ca’Marcanda Promis 2017 Toscana, Italy14% alcohol. This is from Gaja’s Tuscan estate in the Maremma, which they bought in
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Château Cavalier: rosés from Provence
Website: https://www.chateau-cavalier.com/en/ This is a property owned by Castel at the foot of the Massif des Maures in the heart
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Highlights: François Saint-Lô Les Fontenelles 2016 Saumur, Loire
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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Château de Pommard/Famille Carabello-Baum, Bourgogne, France
Website: https://chateaudepommard.com/ In 2014, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Baum bought the historical Château de Pommard with its 25 hectares of
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Highlights: Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2008
This is a remarkable wine. It has 92% Pinot Noir, but it has the freshness and focus of a really
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Highlights: Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa
Crystallum Whole Bunch Pinot Noir 2018 Overberg, South Africa14% alcohol. This is from Hemel-en-Arde, but is labelled Overberg because 20%
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Lapierre: visiting the natural hero of Beaujolais
This was my second visit to Lapierre, following on from a visit with Camille Lapierre back in 2016. This time
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Highlights: Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port 1998 Douro, Portugal
Quinta do Vesuvio is one of the great Quintas of the Douro. It’s located in the Douro Superior (the wamer,
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Olerasay No 2: a South African sweet wine that is becoming one of the world’s greats
Five years after the first release, we have Olerasay No 2, a solera-aged straw wine from Mullineux in South Africa’s
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