Exploring Costières de Nîmes (5) Château Font-Barrièle
Website: https://chateaufontbarriele.fr/ Not all winery visits go as planned. I was on my way to meet with Christian and Caroline
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Bordeaux en primeur: the Tinder of fine wine
It’s Bordeaux en primeur time! For two weeks, 6000 wine professionals – a mixture of merchants, journalists and various other
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Highlights: Poggio Lamentano Vino Rosso 2020 Italy
Website: https://www.vinolamentano.com/ This is a new wine from Bolgheri (Tuscany) and there’s a story behind it. Davy Zyw is the
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Maison Wessman Wines: an ambitious producer in southwest France
Website: https://maisonwessman-wines.com/en/ Maison Wessman is an ambitious producer based in Bergerac in southwest France. It was founded by Robert Wessman
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Highlights: Kalfu Sumpai Sauvignon Blanc Nicolasa Vineyard 2020 Huasco Valley, Chile
What’s special about this wine? It’s a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that comes from the northerly vineyards Ventisquero planted in the
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Hidalgo La Gitana Manzanilla: comparing the regular bottling with the 2023 and 2021 releases of en rama
This wine comes from The El Cuadrado vineyard in Balbaina Alta, which is actually in Jerez, but the wine is
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Highlights: three new releases from English winery Westwell
Westwell Naturally Petulant Pink 2022 Kent, England12% alcohol£25 Westwell https://www.westwellwines.com/collections/all/products/naturally-petulant-pink-2022This is a disgorged PetNat with no additions. It’s a blend
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The wines of Lock + Worth from Canada’s Okanagan Valley
Website: Lock + Worth Matt Sherlock and Ross Hackworth make some of the Okanagan’s most interesting wines under their Lock
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Exploring Costières de Nîmes (4) Domaine de Poulvarel
Website: https://domainedepoulvarel.com/the-domain-of-poulvarel/ My exploration of the Costières de Nîmes continued in the north of the region, at Domaine de Poulvarel.
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Laudun: the birth of a new cru in the Rhône
Laudun isn’t perhaps the best known of the Rhône’s appellations, but it is currently moving from one of the Côtes
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