Koerner: a new producer from the Clare Valley now making some of Australia’s most exciting wines
Website: https://koernerwine.com.au/ The vineyards that are behind new Clare Valley superstar Koerner have been in the family for 45 years
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Regions
In Piedmonte: visiting Giuseppe Rinaldi, with Alessia and Carlotta
This was my first professional visit in Piedmont, and as they go, it was quite a good start. It was
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Modesty and talent: Balfour wines from Hush Heath Estate are actually pretty rad…
Lisse Garnett and Jamie Goode visit the estate and report back on an operation that isn’t quite as the marketing
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Visiting Gaja, one of Piedmont’s top producers, and seeing the new Alta Langa vineyards
Barbaresco is a small town, and it is pretty much dominated by one producer, Gaja, who put this Piedmont appellation
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Highlights: G.D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo 2019 Piedmont, Italy
I had this wine last night at a lovely restaurant in Pollenza, in Piedmont. It was a fancy place, but
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Highlights: Jules Desjourneys Pouilly-Loché 2017 Bourgogne, France
Fabien Duperry is fast becoming a bit of a legend, and his wines transcend the terroirs he works with in
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Bodega Contra Corriente: Welsh-speaking Chubut in Patagonia is producing cool climate wines to sing about
Lisse Garnett tells the story of a new wine region with an intriguing history, in Argentina’s Patagonia. Wine notes by
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Visiting Mullineux, one of South Africa’s top producers
Jamie Goode and Treve Ring continue their series on the Swartland, visiting Mullineux at their home base, Roundstone. This was
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Highlights: XXVI Talhas Mestre Daniel Talha X 2019 Alentejo, Portugal
Ricardo Santos is behind XXVI Talhas, which is based in Vidigueira. He and his colleagues have taken over the cellar
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The wines of Bodegas Piqueras, Almansa, Spain
In Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region there’s a small DO called Almansa. And one of the striking this about this is
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