Leonardslee, a new sparkling wine producer from Sussex, England
Website: https://leonardsleefamilyvineyards.com/leonardslee-wine-estate Leonardslee is the project of Penny Streeter and her family. It’s a Sussex estate that she acquired in
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Regions
Highlights: Hedges Family Estate La Haute Cuvée 2019 Red Mountain, Washington State
Website: https://hedgesfamilyestate.com/ Hedges Family Estate La Haute Cuvée 2019 Red Mountain, Washington State, USA13.5% alcohol. 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3.5% Petit
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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (3) Emeritus
Website: https://www.emeritusvineyards.com/ My first visit in Russian River Valley was a great one: Emeritus. This is a winery with two
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In Niagara (11) Dobbin, an exciting new winery
Website: https://dobbinestate.com/ Dobbin is an exciting new winery on the Twenty Mile Bench in Canada’s Niagara region, and it’s based
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Discovering the Mâconnais (5) Domaine Fichet
Website: www.domainefichet.fr Domaine Fichet is one of the most impressive of the Mâconnais domaines I’ve visited. They are based in
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Discovering the Mâconnais (4) Cave d’Azé
Website: www.caveaze.com Cave D’Azé is another of the cooperative wineries in the Mâconnais. They have 60 partner growers farming 280
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Highlights: Riverview Pinot Noir 2021 Crouch Valley, Essex
Website: https://riverviewcrouchvalley.com/ It’s an interesting time for English still wines at the moment, and the Crouch Valley in Essex is
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Highlights: Cruse Wine Co Sparkling White Zinfandel
White Zinfandel is a category that rarely makes it to these pages (although it does get a mention in this
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Highlights: Weyborne, a new-ish English sparkling wine producer tilting at the top
Owner Nick Clarke to purchased the historic Blackdown Park estate in 2010 (near Haslemere, Surrey), and has planted 25 acres
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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (2) Beyond Pinot Noir
The Russian River Valley’s fame is largely due to its excellence with Pinot Noir, but there is more to this
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