Highlights: Chapoutier Saint-Pierre Cornas 2019 Northern Rhône, France
A real treat to try this new Cornas lieu dit from Chapoutier. It’s brilliant. There’s some sternness and structure, but
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Regions
In Nagano, Japan: Le Milieu Winery
Go Shioze and Sho Saito are the people behind Le Milieu winery in Nagano. Go had worked at Swiss Mura
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Oldenburg, Banhoek, South Africa: Nic Van Aaarde is doing great work with this Stellenbosch producer
Website: https://oldenburgvineyards.com/ There’s a special place in Stellenbosch, and it goes under two variants of the same name. Banghoek and
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Visiting Plaimont, a super-co-op that has changed the face of southwest France
Forty years ago Gascony produced some of the most unloved wines in Europe. Today, the region has Plaimont – a
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Highlights: Westwell Wicken Foy NV England
This is a new traditional method sparkling wine from innovative low-intervention winegrower Westwell, based in Kent, England Westwell Wicken Foy
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In Niagara (4) Cloudsley Cellars
Website: https://cloudsleycellars.com/ Adam Lowy worked for premium Toronto-based importer Lifford Wines for a couple of decades before setting out on
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Highlights: Hidalgo Manzanilla La Gitana En Rama (Spring 2022 release)
This wine comes from Hidalgo’s famous El Cuadrado pago, which is the highest part of Balbaina Alta. It’s a really
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Domaine Hugo and Offbeat Wines: naturally made in a Wiltshire winery, these are some of the UK’s most compelling wines
Jamie Goode and Lisse Garnett meet two exceptional producers who together make some of the best wines on offer in
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Visiting António Madeira, a star producer in Portugal’s Dão region
António Madeira is one of the new stars of Portugal’s Dão wine region, but for the kind actions of a
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Highlights: Howard’s Folly Freshco? 2020 Alentejo, Portugal
This is a bright red from Portalegre (the cooler, higher-altitude bit of the Alentejo) with vineyards in the granite foothills
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