Exploring Greece (2) Rouvalis Winery, Aigialeia
Website: https://www.rouvaliswinery.gr/en/ This was a great visit to a winery making excellent wines from some spectacular terroirs. We are in
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Savage Wines: one of South Africa’s top producers, making balanced, elegant wines
Duncan Savage’s first solo vintage was as long ago as 2011, but he still seems to be a fresh face
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Domaine Capmartin, naturally made wines from southwest France
Website: Domaine Capmartin, southwest France This is a family winery, now run by Simon Capmartin. His father created the domaine
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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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In Niagara (8) Domaine Queylus
Website: Domaine Queylus This is one of Niagara’s top wineries, and it has an interesting history. Queylus was started by
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The wines of Louis M Martini, California
Website: https://www.louismartini.com/ Louis Martini established the winery named after him in 1933, just after the repeal of prohibition. He’d established
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Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell
Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell Website: https://scionsofsinai.com/ Scions of Sinai: the wines of Bernhard Bredell
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Holass, exciting wines from the border of Austria and Hungary
Website: https://holass.com/ Imre Halász and Ellie Bauwens are the couple behind Holass. It’s a virtual winery, in the sense that
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The wines of Graeme and Julie Bott (Domaine GJ Bott): what happens when a Kiwi comes to the Northern Rhône and finds love and a vocation
Website: https://www.domaine-gjbott.fr/en/ Graeme Bott is a Kiwi and he married Julie, who’s French and was born in the northern Rhône.
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Domaine Bousquet: how a winemaker swapped his French winery for an Argentine one, and then his Kuwait-born Iraqi son-in law grew it to be the country’s leading organic winery
Website: https://domainebousquet.com/en/ This week I met with Labid al Ameri (pictured above), co-owner of Domaine Bousquet, in London to hear
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