The wines of Bodegas Frontonio, Aragón, Spain
Website: https://www.bodegasfrontonio.com/en/ Fernando Mora was in town presenting the exciting wines of Bodegas Frontonio. An engineer-turned-winemaker, he and his partner
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Regions
The wines of Allram, Kamptal, Austria
Website: https://www.allram.at/en/ Allram are well located in the Kamptal, and have Riesling and Grüner Veltliner in some of the top
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Porto from the water, with some interesting wines
On the Sunday of Simplesmente Vinho in Porto, a few of us had lunch on the river on a gorgeous
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The Simplesmente Vinho Jantar Pop-Up: a great evening of Portuguese food and wine
Each year at the fabulous Simplesmente Vinho festival there is a pop-up dinner, with top chefs creating interesting, authentic food
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Piemonte mini study: eight interesting wines
I’m increasingly drawn to the red wines of Piemonte, and not just the great Barolos and Barbarescos. I recently tried
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Marlborough at 50: Dog Point, one of the region’s leading smaller wineries
Dog Point was started by Ivan and Margaret Sutherland and James and Wendy Healy, who previously worked together at Cloudy
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Highlights: Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020
Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020 Northern Rhône, FranceI can’t remember ever having a bad bottle from Dard & Ribo, the natural
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Highlights : Borja Pérez Artífice Vidueños 2020, Ycoden Daute Isora, Tenerife, Spain
Borja Pérez is an ex-race car driver-turned winemaker based in the northern part of Tenerife. After his previous high octane
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Marlborough at 50: the remarkable Yealands story
‘Think boldly, tread lightly, and never say it can’t be done:’ that’s the official motto Peter Yealands chose for the
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Highlights : Bodega y Viñedos Nicolas Catena La Marchigiana Criolla Vino Natural Ancestral 2019, Mendoza, Argentina
La Marchigiana is Catina’s respectful look to the past, fermenting indigenous Criolla in clay pots. Though the amphora here was
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