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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Highlights: Roc des Anges Alquimia Vin de Voile NV Vin de France
This is a blend of Grenache Gris and Macabeu from the amazing Roc des Anges in the Roussillon. It spends
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Germany’s top Rieslings at the VDP tasting: Mittelrhein, Franken, Sachsen, Nahe and Rheinhessen
Continuing on my write ups from the VDP tastings in Wiesbaden, August 2026, here are the notes of Rieslings from
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Video: Vintage time at Hundred Hills, making the Rosé de Saignée cuvée
It’s the penultimate day of harvest at Oxfordshire winery Hundred Hills. They are picking Pinot Noir for the famed Rosé
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Highlights: Stesso Stesso Beulah Violetta Rosso 2024 Umbria, Italy
A lovely low-intervention red from Umbria. Stesso Stesso Beulah Violetta Rosso 2024 Umbria, Italy12.5% alcohol. Stesso Stesso is the winemaking
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Highlights: Cecilia Pinot Noir 2024 Ceres, South Africa
Impressed by this Pinot from a region in South Africa that isn’t well known for it. Cecilia Pinot Noir 2024
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Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable
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