Pio Cesare: 140 years of benchmark Barolo and Barbaresco
This was a tasting to celebrate 140 years of this important Piedmont producer, whose production is split almost equally between
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Busi-Jacobsohn, an exciting new English sparkling wine producer
Website: https://www.busijacobsohn.com/ Based in Eridge, near Tunbridge Wells, a new sparkling wine producer has sprung up. Busi-Jacobsohn. Susanna Busi Jacobsohn
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Highlights: Charbono both ways from Shypoke Winery in Calistoga, Napa
There are just 75 acres of Charbono left on the planet, say Shypoke Winery. This isn’t strictly true, if you
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País, Mission, Criolla Chica: the Beaujolais of the Americas?
Much like the Gamay of Beaujolais, twenty years ago País was seen as fit for only commonplace, lowly table wine.
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Grüner Veltliner study, and a remarkable story about the discovery of its parentage
Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s most important grape variety, and it’s one that is growing in popularity elsewhere. With almost 14
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The different faces of South African Chenin Blanc
Of all the grape varieties grown in the Cape, it’s Chenin Blanc that perhaps has the strongest claim to be
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In Nagano, Japan: Domaine Sourire
This is a small winery established in June 2019 in Shiojiri City, and it is also a bakery. It was
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Highlights: Champagne Dom Pérignon 2012 and 2003 P2
The 2012 vintage of Dom Pérignon is released, and for me this is one of the best that I’ve tried.
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Viña González Bastías, Maule Valley, Chile: exciting traditional wines from extremely old vines
Jose Luís Bastías and Daniela Lorenzo are custodians of a remarkable four-hectare vineyard in Chile’s Maule Valley planted in the
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Chianti Classico: 46 top wines tasted and rated
Held in May 2021 in London (one of six global Chianti Classico events, including Chicago, New York, Monaco, Firenze and
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