Chianti from Frescobaldi
Marchesi Frescobaldi is an old Tuscan family wine company that dates back an astonishing 700 years. It’s currently headed up
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Regions
The wines of Château Montelena, Napa, California
Website: https://montelena.com/ Historic Napa winery Chateau Montelena dates back to 1882. This is when Alfred L. Tubbs planted the vineyard
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Highlights: Cortes de Cima Daqui 2020 Alentejo, Portugal
Daqui, and amphora (known here as talha) wine, is the first of the new wines from Anna Jørgensen, since she
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Tantalus: one of the star wineries from the Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
Tantalus is based in Kelowna, looking down onto the lake. Eric Savics, a stockbroker, bought the property in 2003, which
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Champagne Drappier, a forward-thinking house from the south of the region
Website: https://www.champagne-drappier.com/en/ Drappier are a forward-thinking, family-owned Champagne house based in Urville in the Côte des Bar, a village of
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An evening of Beaujolais, reinforcing the fact that some of them can age
Edouard Parinet of Château Moulin-à-Vent was in town. He’s collaborated with dynamic restaurateur Xavier Rousset to make a special cuvée,
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Santorini Superstar Artemis Karamolegos
Artemis Karamolegos is one of the most dynamic wineries on Santorini. Inspired by his grandfather, who started making wine and cultivating
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The wines of Big Basin Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Website: https://www.bigbasinvineyards.com/ Bradley Brown founded Big Basin Vineyards after a career in Silicon Valley. He’s based in the Santa Cruz
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The Business of English Wine (2): Robin Hutson, Chairman of the Pig Hotels and founder of Hotel du Vin
In the second of our series on the business of English wine, Lisse Garnett interviews influential hotelier Robin Hutson, the
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Visiting Champagne Mumm (2): new approaches to viticulture
Mumm is one of the two Champagne houses owned by Pernod Ricard, along with Perrier-Jouët. I visited them during harvest
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