Jean Max: the wines of Maxime Barrot, a new star of natural Beaujolais
I was blown away when I tasted these wines from new natural wine negociant Jean Max (declaration of interest: they
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Beaujolais
Highlights: Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 2017
Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 2017 Beaujolais, France13.5% alcohol. This is from the special terroir of Côte du Py
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Highlights: Domaine Metrat Fleurie La Roilette 2018 Beaujolais, France
How I love Gamay, and how exciting it is to see the Beaujolais wine region progressing and developing in such
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Lapierre: visiting the natural hero of Beaujolais
This was my second visit to Lapierre, following on from a visit with Camille Lapierre back in 2016. This time
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Château du Moulin-à-Vent: a new Beaujolais star
Moulin-à-Vent is one of the most prestigious of the crus of Beaujolais, and has a reputation for making ageworthy wines.
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Highlights: Domaine Chapel Beaujolais Villages 2018
I visited David Chapel and Michel-Smith Chapel in their new winery in 2018. They’d only recently started out: 2016 was
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Marc Delienne, a new natural winegrower in Fleurie
Beaujolais is a hotspot for natural wine, and one of the new names here is Marc Delienne in Fleurie. Jamie
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David-Baupère: visiting one of the new naturals in Beaujolais
So much was achieved in Beaujolais by the gang of pioneering natural winegrowers back in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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Lunch at Le Port de By Chez Cécile, Grièges, Mâcon
Not far from Mâcon, with breathtaking view of the Saône, this is a lovely restaurant with an amazing Beaujolais-dominated wine
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Using a microscope to monitor fermentations at Lapierre
Natural winemaking doesn’t mean just letting wine ferments do their own thing. If you want to make good natural wines,
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