The wines of Casa de Darei, Dão, Portugal
Website: http://casadedarei.pt/eng_index.html Back in 1997 José Ruivo bought a 140 hectare farm on the shores of the Dão river at
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Profiles
Donkey and Goat: Californian wines with a natural twist
Jared and Tracey Brandt have an urban winery in Berkeley, California, called Donkey and Goat, which they started in 2003.
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Rolly Gassmann: singular wines from Alsace
Website: Domaine Rolly Gassmann Rolly Gassmann is one of the most singular producers in Alsace. They are based in Rorschwihr,
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Oldenburg, Banhoek, South Africa: Nic Van Aaarde is doing great work with this Stellenbosch producer
Website: https://oldenburgvineyards.com/ There’s a special place in Stellenbosch, and it goes under two variants of the same name. Banghoek and
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In Niagara (4) Cloudsley Cellars
Website: https://cloudsleycellars.com/ Adam Lowy worked for premium Toronto-based importer Lifford Wines for a couple of decades before setting out on
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Visiting Quinta do Infantado: a leading producer of Port and table wines from Portugal’s Douro
Website: https://quintadoinfantado.com/en/ I first visited Quinta do Infantado 20 years ago, in May 2002 when I toured the Douro for
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The wines of Heinrich, one of Austria’s most singular producers
Jamie Goode and Treve Ring report on this important Burgenland producer Gernot and Heike Heinrich are custodians of one of
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Black Chalk: visiting one of the UK’s leading sparkling wineries
Chance delivered both opportunity and killer blows to Black Chalk in quick succession – it was to prove the making
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In Niagara (2) Tawse and Redstone
Stop two on the Niagara journey was at Redstone winery in Beamsville, to taste their wines but also those of
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In Niagara (1) Hidden Bench
Hidden Bench is one of Niagara’s leading boutique wineries. Owner Harald Thiel bought the Locust Lane vineyard, where the winery
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