A tasting of 48 top artisan Champagnes from Berry Bros & Rudd
This tasting brought together a brilliant selection of artisan Champagnes, all of which are being offered by UK wine merchant
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Highlights: Waitrose No 1 Don Gaspar Dry Amontillado by Lustau
I bought this Amontillado for a special recipe (to cook with) but it’s actually seriously good. I feel bad using
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Moldova is an important wine country, and increasingly it’s making some really good wines
At a recent event in London I managed to taste through a good range of Moldovan wines. It’s one of
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Exploring speciality coffee and its parallels with fine wine: a visit to Fazenda Mió in Brazil to catch the harvest
There are many parallels between speciality coffee and wine, and that’s one of the reasons I was really excited about
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Exploring speciality coffee and its parallels with fine wine: planning for the future, looking at new coffee varieties
Just as grapevines are sensitive to the climate, coffee varieties only thrive within narrow climatic bounds. And with climate change,
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A 20 year vertical of Kumeu River’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay
Website: https://kumeuriver.co.nz/ As tastings go, this was quite a special one, looking at 20 years of New Zealand star winery
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A mature Penfolds tasting with Yattarna, Bin 389, St Henri, Bin 707 and Grange
Penfolds is one of Australia’s most important wine companies, famous for Grange (Bin 95), the red blend they have made
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Argentina Reloaded! A tasting by Paz Levinson showing the cutting edge of Argentina’s wine offering
Website: https://argentinareloaded.com/eng/ This was a special masterclass presented by Paz Levinson, an Argentine sommelier who now works for Ann Sophie
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Viña González Bastías, Maule Valley, Chile: exciting naturally made wines from an amazing old vineyard
Website: https://www.vinosgonzalezbastias.com/ Jose Luís Bastías and Daniela Lorenzo are custodians of a remarkable six-hectare vineyard in Chile’s Maule Valley planted
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Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
Website: https://www.dynamicvines.com/producers/sicus I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning and they were showing the wines of
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