The wines of Big Basin Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Website: https://www.bigbasinvineyards.com/ Bradley Brown founded Big Basin Vineyards after a career in Silicon Valley. He’s based in the Santa Cruz
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The Business of English Wine (2): Robin Hutson, Chairman of the Pig Hotels and founder of Hotel du Vin
Robin Hutson’s first hotel chain, Hotel du Vin was responsible for conceptualizing a generation’s understanding of ‘boutique’. In the 80s
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Visiting Champagne Mumm (2): new approaches to viticulture
Mumm is one of the two Champagne houses owned by Pernod Ricard, along with Perrier-Jouët. I visited them during harvest
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Terroir al Límit and Terroir Sense Fronteres: stunning, brave wines from Priorat and Montsant by Dominic and Tatjana
Websites: https://terroir-sense-fronteres.com/ and https://terroir-al-limit.com/ Terroir al Límit is one of Priorat’s most highly acclaimed wineries, established by Dominic Huber and
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Champagne Veuve Cliquot reserve wine tasting: getting geeky about fizz
This was an interesting tasting of reserve wines from Veuve Clicquot. La Grand Dame Vintage 2012 label was designed by
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Highlights: Torres Varietat Recuperada No. 23 Forcada 2016
Forcada is one of the many autochthonous Spanish grapes that were on the brink of extinction. That is, before the
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A focus on Australian Shiraz: freshness, diversity and a sense of place
I took part in an international virtual tasting of some top Australian Shiraz wines last week, hosted by Mark Davidson
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The wines of Calder: focusing on California’s heritage varieties
Website: https://calder.securecheckout.com/ Calder is the label of Rory Williams, son of John Williams of Frog’s Leap. Rory’s day job is
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Spotlight on Barolo from the 2017 vintage: 59 wines tasted
I tasted these 59 Barolos at an excellent tasting of Barolo, Barbaresco and Langhe Nebbiolo held a month ago at
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Iconic Wineries of British Columbia: tasting some of the Okanagan’s top wines
Anthony Von Mandl’s empire of high-end BC wineries continues to grow and evolve. Jamie Goode tastes through some of their
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