Dinner with friends including three interesting Chinese wines
Eddie McDougall was in town so a gathering of the new Canary Wharf Wine Club was convened to welcome him
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Regions
The wines of Wynns, Coonawarra – interviewing Sue Hodder, chief winemaker of Australia’s leading producers, updated with new release notes (May 2025)
Coonawarra is a celebrated wine region in South Australia, and Wynns are one of the most important players here. It
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Terres d’Imaginaire: a brilliant new producer from the Loire
Terres d’Imaginaire is an exciting new producer in Anjou, and very much a rising star. It’s the project of 32-year-old
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A vertical of Domaine Chevrot’s Aligoté Tilleul with Pablo Chevrot
Website: https://www.chevrot.fr/ Pablo Chevrot (above) is the vice president of a group called Les Aligoteurs, focusing on the grape variety
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Quinta do Noval deep dive: latest releases and more from this important Douro estate
Head to the Douro and then make your way to Vale Mendiz in the Pinhão Valley, you’ll find one of
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The wines of Hideaway Vingård, Denmark
Website: www.hideawayvingaard.dk Hideaway is a 2.2 hectare property with 1.3 hectares of vines. They also grow figs, apricots and peaches
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MacRobert & Canals, new wave Rioja with a terroir focus
What happens when a winemaker from the Swartland marries a winemaker from Rioja? Well, he moves there and starts making
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Highlights: Filipa Pato and William Wouters Post Quer..s Baga 2023 Bairrada, Portugal
Love this wine, which I bought from a wine shop in Lisbon. The mastery of Baga, maturing it in amphorae
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Aligoté: how a lesser-known variety from Bourgogne is suddenly hitting the big time, with a bright future ahead of it
Website: https://aligoteurs.wordpress.com/ Tucked away in a wood, in Flagey-Échezeaux – at the heart of the Route des Grands Crus in
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Terroir al Límit and Terroir Sense Fronteres: stunning, brave wines from Priorat and Montsant by Dominik and Tatjana (updated 2025)
Websites: https://terroir-sense-fronteres.com/ and https://terroir-al-limit.com/ Terroir al Límit is one of Priorat’s most highly acclaimed wineries, established by Dominik Huber and
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