I visit Champagne Drappier who have just released a remarkable new prestige cuvée aged in wooden eggs called Éclose
Things take time in Champagne. And if you want to launch a new prestige cuvée, then things can take a
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Highlights: Ferdinando Principiano Langhe Nebbiolo 2023 Piemonte, Italy
This is an impressive Langhe Nebbiolo that’s worth looking out for. Ferdinando Principiano Langhe Nebbiolo 2023 Piemonte, Italy13% alcohol. This
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Henschke’s 2022 single-vineyard wines, including a stunning Hill of Grace
Website: https://www.henschke.com.au/ As with last year, I got to try the single vineyard releases from Henschke with Stephen and Prue
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Some insights from ProWein’s Agora stage: how innovators are winning the market
While I was at ProWein in Dusseldorf last week, I caught a session at the Agora stage, with three interesting
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Ca’Marcanda: 30 years of Gaja’s Tuscan outpost
Bolgheri’s natural beauty drew the 57 year old Angelo Gaja to spread his winemaking wings out from Piemonte in 1996,
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New releases from Stellenbosch star Meerlust
I’ve written up the wines of Meerlust quite extensively here in the past, and most recently from a visit to
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Highlights: Il Tufiello Sancho Panza Campania Fiano 2020 Italy
This is a really impressive skin-fermented, naturally made Fiano. It’s a distinctive wine, but it’s delicious, and it held up
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The remarkable wines of Anne-Claire Schott, Three Lakes, Switzerland
Website: https://www.schottweine.ch/ and https://www.aromaderlandschaft.ch/ I’ll admit to being smitten by the wines of Anne-Claire Schott, who is based in Neuchatel,
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Visiting Black Chalk, tasting current releases and the exciting 2025 base wine blends, at this superb English sparkling wine producer
Black Chalk are one of the most interesting English sparkling wine producers, and they’ve made some impressive wines since their
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Restaurants: Leela and the Palace Cafe, Wynn Palace, Macau
As well as some high-end Michelin-starred restaurants, Wynn Palace in Macau (where I was judging the Wynn Signature Chinese Wine
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