Exploring the Roussillon (2) Cave Dom Brial
Website: https://www.dom-brial.com/ Dom Brial is a quality-focused cooperative based in Baixas, a small village of just 2000 inhabitants. The 200
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Exploring the Roussillon (1) an introduction
Roussillon My exploration of the Roussillon began in Perpignan, which is the largest town in the region, and is located
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Saison Wines, an exciting new UK importer of organic French wine
Website: https://saisonwines.carrd.co/ Daphne Teremetz was previously a wine buyer at Waitrose where she worked for 8 years, before setting out
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Icelandic pharma-titan, Robert Wessman of Maison Wessman in Bergerac and his Wine Director, Lise Sadirac, fight for a new Issigeac micro-appellation with musical backing from Nora Jones
Wessman seeks vinous validation for Issigeac and Conne-de-Labarde, which lie on a clearly defined limestone plateau and merit their own micro-appellation according to Vineyard Director Lise Sadirac, who is working hard to convince the INAO. The layered limestone plateau of D’Issigeac took 1.5 million years to form. Vines take a decade to root in the fissured rock, where soil is a mere 20cm deep. Bergerac has 13 appellations and no distinct identity. Fine wine would benefit from a perceptible point of difference and a dose of celebrity stardust.
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Nice wines at the 67 Sessions: Le Moine, Brocard, Scala Dei, San Leonardo
The evening before the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards, there was a new event. The 67 Sessions, an
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Highlights: Famille Fabre Gasparets Le Camin 2022 Vin de France
Website: https://www.famillefabre.com/details-vin/chateau-fabre-gasparets-camin-82A35E/ A remarkable orange wine from Corbières Boutenac in the Languedoc. Famille Fabre Gasparets Le Camin 2022 Vin de
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Highlights: Alice et Olivier De Moor Bourgogne Chitry 2023
De Moor, based in Chablis, are one of my favourite producers. Everything they make is just so good. Had this
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French Bloom, a high-end alcohol-free sparkling wine that’s the most convincing product in this space yet
Website: https://uk.frenchbloom.com/ Non-alcoholic wine is currently a topic of intense interest in the wine industry. Many think that drinking habits
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Photos from a day in the vineyards of Roussillon
Amazing landscapes, varied terroirs, more than half of its 19 000 hectares are old vines (50 years plus). More to
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Château des Tourettes and Tinus, the Luberon outpost of Jean-Marie Guffens
It was back in 1979 when Jean-Marie Guffens established his famous Mâconnais estate Domaine Guffens-Heynen which was later joined by
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