Highlights: Santa Tresa Rina Russa Frappato 2024, Sicily
Website: https://www.santatresa.com/en It’s getting really hard to find good wines below £15 in the UK, but Santa Tresa in Sicily
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Visiting Emiliana, an important organic Chilean winery
Website: https://www.emiliana.cl/en/ Emiliana is an important winery for Chile. I visited with winemaker Noelia Orts (pictured above) in the Los
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Maturana, an exciting boutique Chilean winery
Website: https://maturanawinery.com/en José Ignacio Maturana worked as chief winemaker for Casa Silva for 15 years, but quit his job in
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L’Entremetteuse: lovely natural wines from a French expat in Colchagua, Chile
Website: https://lentremetteuseandco.cl/ French expat Laurence Réal studied in Montpellier and then moved to Chile 32 years ago. She’s been working
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Matías Riccitelli, making some of Argentia’s best wines
Website: https://matiasriccitelli.com/en/ Matías Riccitelli is one of Argentina’s most exciting winegrowers. He haild from the north – Cafayate in Salta
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The 2022s from Abruzzo star winery Emidio Pepe
Popped into Dynamic Vines today and tasted through the 2022s from Emidio Pepe, a remarkable winery that I’ve written about
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Douloufakis, making impressive wines from Crete, Greece
Website: https://douloufakis.wine/en/ Douloufakis is based in the village of Dafnes, near Heraklion, in Crete. Vines are farmed organically and winemaking
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North Canterbury, New Zealand (9) Pyramid Valley
Pyramid Valley is one of New Zealand’s special vineyards. I first came across it on my debut visit to Aotearoa
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Canada’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys (4) Cedar Creek
Website: https://www.cedarcreek.bc.ca/ Cedar Creek is another important Okanagan winery that’s part of the Mark Anthony group, along with Mission Hill,
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Blank Canvas, retelling the Marlborough story through some impressive single-vineyard wines
Website: https://blankcanvaswines.com/ Blank Canvas is the project of well-known Marlborough consultant winemaker Matt Thomson and Sophie Parker-Thomson. Until very recently
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