Fine wines with friends: the joy of tasting blind whatever people bring along
Notes from a gathering of wine trade friends at Christina Rasmussen’s place, with Rajat Parr as an overseas guest. These
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Beaujolais adventures (2) Château de Pougelon, working with agroecology and a beautiful new winery
Website: https://descombe.com/domaines/chateau-de-pougelon Located in Saint-Etienne-des-Ouillières, Château de Pougelon is owned by the Descombe family, and is currently run by Marine
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Exploring Portugal’s Tejo wine region (2) Pedro Sereno and Marquês de Tomar
Pedro Sereno represents the new face of Tejo. He’s making relatively small quantities of terroir-focused wines from the Tomar in
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Piemonte adventure (2) La Morra: More e Macine, Osteria Veglio and Vineria Sociale
Day two began with a drive to Annunciata, just below La Morra, for lunch followed by a walk among the
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The wines of Domaine des Tourelles, Lebanon
Faouzi Issa presented this range tasting of Domaine des Tourelles in London. He’s young (1984 vintage) but already has many
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Two impressive wines from Whinyard Rocks in Wales, UK
Whinyard Rocks is a small-scale vineyard in Radnor, Powys, Wales. There are 2500 vines planted on 1.5 acres, and the
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Highlights: Sottimano Barbaresco Cottá 2018, Piemonte, Italy
Andrea Sottimano and his father Rino produce highly regarded, structural, age worthy wines from their 13 hectares across Barbaresco. This
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Exploring Bairrada, Portugal, on the Baga trail (1) Vadio
Luís Patrão was for a long time the wine maker at large Alentejo winery Esporão, a job he stayed in
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Champagne Billecart Salmon release the 2008 Cuvée Nicolas François, and it’s a stunner
Champagne Billecart Salmon have released the 2008 vintage of one of their flagship wines, the Cuvée Nicolas François. This is
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Highlights: two Itata wines from Dominio del Cuarzo
Felipe Ramirez has a lot of experience making wine around the world, including the Rhône, Burgundy and Oregon, as well
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