Australian Pinot Noir: a tasting of 25 wines, showing how impressive these wines can be
Back in November I attended the Pinot Massif, which is a get-together for winemakers in Australia who are working with
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Regions
2022 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection: top reds from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
The Gimblett Gravels is a special sub-region in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand. As the name suggests, the
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Beaumes de Venise, the Rhône cru with two faces
Website: https://www.beaumesdevenise-aoc.fr/ Beaumes de Venise is a small cru in the southern Rhône that describes itself as a terroir with
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Polish wine exploration: Winnica Silesian
Winnica Silesian is a winery in lower Silesian, Poland, and it’s run by Ebsen Madsen (pictured above), a climate scientist
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Highlights: a 21 year old Mondeuse from Louis Magnin in the Savoie
Domaine Louis Magnin Savoie Arbin Mondeuse Vielles Vignes 2003 Savoie, France12.5% alcohol. This Mondeuse was raised in stainless steel. It
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Some affordable Australian wines from Yalumba and Oxford Landing
Website: https://www.oxfordlanding.com/en/story/ https://www.yalumba.com/ Yalumba are an important winery for Australia. Based in the Barossa they make some impressive high end
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Does English wine age backwards?
AGED ENGLISH WINES FROM BREAKY BOTTOM, GUSBOURNE & HATTINGLEY DELIGHTED THE TASTE BUDS OF TIME-SERVED TASTERS AT THE LIBÉRATION TARDIVE FOUNDATION ‘TEN YEAR PLUS’ TASTING IN SKINNERS HALL THIS MONTH – SO FRESH WERE THE WINES ONE WAG PRONOUNCED THEM BOOZE BOTOX
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Highlights: Danbury Ridge Chardonnay 2022 at Le Vignoble, Plymouth
After a nice walk along the Cornish coast from Plymouth (there’s a ferry going to Mount Edgecumbe in Cornwall), we
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Krone Assmannshausen, Rheingau: some of Germany’s best Spätburgunders
Website: www.weingut-krone.de Weingut Krone Assmannshausen is a small Pinot-only winery made from a 3.7 hectare vineyard that used to
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Polish wine exploration: Winnica Moderna
Website: https://www.winnicamoderna.pl/ Winnica Moderna is based in Poland’s Lower Silesian region, which is one of the warmest parts of the
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