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Zinfandel: California’s own grape, tasting 59 top examples

My first real encounter with Zinfandel was reading an excellent book by US author David Darlington, titled Angels’ Visits, and

Website: https://angelasofmargate.com/ Margate is a seaside town on the Kent coast, and it’s new nickname is Shoreditch on Sea. Why?

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Website: https://www.quintadetourais.com/en/index.html Tourias is located in the Baixo Douro, the first part of the Douro you come to when heading

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Back in February 2025 I attended the Pinot Noir 2025 conference in Christchurch, New Zealand. As well as some great

It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the

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Website: https://www.savagewines.com/ Duncan Savage has established himself as one of South Africa’s top producers, and each year he seems to

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Website: https://www.alfredgratien.com/en/home/ This is the prestige cuvée from Alfred Gratien, who do a lot of barrel work with their base

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António Maia Ferreira Faria was a celebrated producer of classic, long-lived Bairrada under the Gonçalves Faria label, working with some

Website: https://www.benditodestino.wine/ Terry Kandylis was head sommelier at 67 Pall Mall, and then spent a year working for Caprice Holdings,

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Website: https://www.thekernelbrewery.com/index.php For a while, I ran a beer blog, with Daniel Primack. It was quite fun, even if it