Art at the Simplesmente Vinho wine festival in Porto
One of the appealing things about Simplesmente Vinho is that wine isn’t just presented on its own, devoid of context.
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Highlights: Bedell Wines Albariño 2019 North Fork of Long Island, New York State
Website: Bedell Cellars Bedell have been making wine on the North Fork of Long Island since 1980, and their winemaker
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Island wines: a tasting exploring some stunning low-intervention bottles from Tenerife, Porto Santo, Sicily, Kefalonia, Santorini and Mallorca
What is it about island wines that sets them apart? I know this is a vague question, because islands differ
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Three leading English sparkling wines: Nyetimber, Black Chalk and Rathfinny
Did a compare and contrast with three of the top names in English sparkling wines. These aren’t prestige cuvées, but
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Highlight: AD Beckham Pinot Gris Amphora 2018 Chehalem Mountains, Oregon
Andrew and Annedria Beckham make some really lovely wines from their vineyard in Parrett Mountain (in the Chehalem Mountains AVA).
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The wines of Bodegas Frontonio, Aragón, Spain
Website: https://www.bodegasfrontonio.com/en/ Fernando Mora was in town presenting the exciting wines of Bodegas Frontonio. An engineer-turned-winemaker, he and his partner
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British Airways lounge raid: better than expected
One of the features of airline travel over the last few years has been the decrease in quality of the
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When we taste wine, how accurate are our perceptions?
How accurate are our assessments? One question keeps coming back to me. When we judge or rate wine as professionals,
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Big news: new genetic evidence shows that the grapevine was domesticated in two locations, and 3000 years earlier than previously thought
Hold the press: Georgia turns out not to be the origin of the wine grapes widely used today. A significant,
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Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region
Website: https://www.creationwines.com/ High up in the Hemel-en-Arde region lies one of South Africa’s top wine estates – one that has
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