Viñedos Herrera Alvarado: a remarkable natural wine project in Chile
Website: There’s natural wine and there’s natural wine. I had a very special visit to Viñedos Herrera Alvarado with Carolina
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Highlights: Champagne Henriot Brut Souverain NV
Website: https://www.champagne-henriot.com/ Tried this in the lounge en route to Portugal today. Really like it. Henriot was part of Artémis,
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Visiting Antiyal, with Alvaro Espinoza, the biodynamic pioneer of Chile
Website: https://antiyal.com/ Alvaro Espinoza and his wife Marina had just got back from Costa Rica when I met them at
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In Chile, day 1, tasting interesting wines with good folk on a Sunday afternoon
I’m in Chile, and arriving Sunday afternoon I headed off to a very informal Sunday afternoon chill with some local
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Video: Visiting Antiyal, a biodynamic wine estate in Chile’s Alto Maipo, with Alvaro Espinoza
Alvaro Espinoza was the first winegrower to practice biodynamic farming in South America. He consults widely, but with his wife
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Highlights: Clos des Fous Pour Ma Gueule Riesling 2018 Itata, Chile
So I’ve just arrived in Santiago, Chile, and time for lunch at Hotel Magnolia while they prepare my room. Starting
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Book review: The Science of Fermentation
Website: https://www.dk.com/us/book/9798217126477-the-science-of-fermentation/ Robin Sherriff The Science of Fermentation: explore the fascinating alchemy of fermented food and drinkDorling Kindersley This is
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Wine and travel as competitive sports
Facebook has this thing where it shares with you the content of groups you have never joined. One that I
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Book review: Izabela Kamińska Wild yeast – stories about wine
Website: https://www.izabelakaminska.com/index.php/en/wild-yeasts/ Izabela Kamińska is a well-travelled Polish wine journalist, now living in Portugal. I’ve met her on the road
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Highlights: Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2025 Marlborough, New Zealand
First look at the 2025 vintage in Marlborough by way of one of the region’s classics, the Cloudy Bay Sauvignon
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