Highlights: Dow’s Vintage Port 2024 Douro, Portugal
Isn’t Port wonderful? And Vintage Port, the pinnacle of the Port world, can even be drunk young. I reckon it’s
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Highlights: Markus Altenburger Chardonnay Vom Kalk 2024 Austria
I bought this from an amazing neighbourhood grocery shop – Lauriston Grocers in Victoria Park. As well as a great
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Visiting Montes, a major Chilean winery who are making the switch to regenerative viticulture
I visited Montes with Rodrigo Barral chief viticulturist and Santiago Izcúe, winemaker. It was an interesting visit: this is a
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Arnaldo Rivera, a top tier of wines from the overperforming Terre del Barolo cooperative
Websites: https://terredelbarolo.com/en/ https://arnaldorivera.com/en/ The Terre del Barolo cooperative was founded in 1958 in Castiglione. First vintage was 1959, and today
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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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