Making art from smell: the peculiar and wonderful Osmodrama
Website: https://osmodrama.com/ Smell is an underrated sense. It’s often relegated in the hierarchy of senses to the bottom rung, but
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Bassermann-Jordan: tasting the wines from this historic Pfalz estate, now farming organically
Geheimer Rat von Bassermann-Jordan, Pfalz, Germany Website: https://www.bassermann-jordan.de/ Bassermann-Jordan is an organic producer based in Diedersheim in Germany’s Pfalz wine
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Highlights: Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France
Champagne Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Rosé 2008 France12.5% alcohol. This is 63% Chardonnay and 37% Pinot Noir, disgorged in January
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Finca Allende: the bold Rioja project of teacher-turned-vigneron Miguel Ángel de Gregorio
Website: http://www.finca-allende.com/en/ Finca Allende is a top Rioja winery with a single-vineyard focus. Miguel Ángel de Gregorio was in town
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Highlights: Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2022 Martinborough, New Zealand
Website: https://atarangi.co.nz/ Ata Rangi are one of New Zealand’s top producers, and were one of the pioneers of the Martinborough
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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
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Restaurants: Angela’s, Margate
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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The wines of Quinta de Tourais, Douro, Portugal
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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Nigel Greening on navigating the tricky waters wine finds itself in, and the problems with ‘fine wine’: where does Felton Road sit?
Back in February 2025 I attended the Pinot Noir 2025 conference in Christchurch, New Zealand. As well as some great
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The wines of Muxagat, from Portugal’s Douro region
It was back in 2002 that João Nicolau de Almeida and Eduardo Lopes began Muxagat, a terroir project based the
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