Fifty years of Australian Chardonnay
I like Aussie Chardonnay. I remember when I was first getting into wine, and I tried quite a few. In
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Easily one of the world’s top winemakers, Dirk Niepoort’s insight extends beyond soils, grapes and blends, but into humans, predicting
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Highlights: two wines from Penn Croft, a regeneratively farmed vineyard in Hampshire
Website: https://penncroftvineyards.com/pages/sustainability Simon Porter is a farmer, and owner of the Penn Croft winery in Hampshire. He’s been farming regeneratively
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Highlights: Cantina Arceto Migliolungo Lambrusco NV, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
More than 40 different ancient, traditional red grapes go into this Lambrusco, with 21 of these different varieties of Lambrusco
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Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: pitting top examples against international benchmarks
The Clare Valley is a north-south running valley some 30 km long and 10 km wide, 130 km north of
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Highlights: Balassa Szent Tamás Furmint 2019 Tokaji, Hungary
Furmint is an ancient grape with at least 450 years of history. Hungary has most of it, with almost 4000
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Video: Wine Paris 2022, a quick report from this major wine fair
In this short film, Jamie Goode reports from the 2022 edition of Vinexpo Wine Paris, held 14-16 February in France’s
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Highlights: El Hombre Bala 2015 Vinos de Madrid, Spain
Gotta love infusion-style Garnacha from Gredos! This is a good one. I bought this bottle a few years ago at
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Domaine Chanson, Bourgogne: impressive 2020 releases
Domaine Chanson has a sizeable 43 hectares of vines in Bourgogne, and also operates as a negociant. This was a
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Highlight: Arquils Maestro 2019 California
https://arquils.com/ Carlos Caruncho’s story is an interesting one. He was born in Cuba, attended university in Russia, and then defected.
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