UK/English sparkling wine: a major study
UK sparkling wine (almost all of which is from England) is at a very interesting phase. There are now lots
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Vinos Baettig: exciting Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the green south of Chile
Website: https://vinosbaettig.cl/#home Francisco Baettig was in London to show the wines he’s been making under his own label, Baettig. I’d
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Three Vintage 2022 Ports from Taylor and Fonseca including a new bottling called Sentinels
As a vintage, 2022 was heading for disaster – it was just so dry. Between November 2021 and February 2022
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Louis Jadot: how a major producer in Bourgogne is transitioning to organics and adapting to climate change, and tasting their 2023 releases
Website: https://www.louisjadot.com/ Recently I tasted through the 2023 releases from Louis Jadot, and interviewed David Stephan, export director, about the
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New releases from Radford Dale, South Africa: the over-delivering Vinum wines, plus their new organic wines
Radford Dale are producing some very smart wines at the moment. They are getting the style right (aiming for freshness
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Highlights: Querciabella Batàr 2022 IGT Blanco Toscana, Italy
Website: https://querciabella.com/wine/batar/ Querciabella Batàr 2022 IGT Blanco Toscana, Italy14% alcohol. Since 1988 Querciabella have made this ‘supertuscan’ white, which is
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Highlights: Julien Cruchandeau Bouzeron Massale 2021 Bourgogne
Website: https://www.domaine-cruchandeau.com/en/ Julien Cruchandeau began managing a domaine in Bouzeron in 2001, after finishing his studies. He began his own
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California exploration: Stolpman Vineyards, Ballard Canyon
Website: https://www.stolpmanvineyards.com/ The next stop on the California road trip was at Stolpman, with Peter Stolpman, who has been running
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Eisenberg Masterclass: Welschriesling and Bläufrankisch from this special region in Austria’s Burgenland
Website: https://www.eisenberg-dac.at/en/home/ This is a small 505 hectare region in the east corner of Burgenland, in the most southerly part
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Alternative Austria: a seminar on natural wines from some of Austria’s most exciting producers
Austrian Alternative wines with Aleks Zecevic, as part of Alberg Weinberg 2024 Alex was 19 when he got into wine,
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