Highlights: MMAD Grenache 2022 Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale
Tried this wine with a few wine folk after dinner last night and was really impressed. From the Shaw &
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Sciara: Stef Yim’s impressive Etna wines, including the highest vineyard in Europe
Website: https://www.sciaraetna.com/ Jamie Goode catches up with Stef Yim of Sciara Dell’Etna, one of the most interesting producers from this
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Wine bars: L’Enoteca, Malmö, Sweden
Website: https://lenoteca.se/ On a recent trip to Sweden I had some time to spare in Malmö before heading over the
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Bordeaux 2022: tasting the wines from this much-hyped vintage now they are in bottle
Each year I look forward to tasting the most recently bottled vintage of Bordeaux. These wines will have been shown
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Highlights: Château Musar 2004 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
Website: https://chateaumusar.com/ Musar is the most famous name in Lebanese wine. I remember buying this distinctive wine when I first
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Soil Therapy: a new star making distinctive terroir-focused wines from Alsace
Website: https://www.facebook.com/soiltherapywine/ Thomas Larmoyer was supposed to be in town to present his wines but his passport had expired. But
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Highlights: Cartuxa Tinto Colheita 2020 Alentejo, Portugal
Website: https://www.cartuxa.pt/en/ I had this wine one evening last week when I was lecturing at the university in Vila Real.
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In the Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (10) Kanzler Vineyards
Website: https://kanzlervineyards.com/ Kanzler is a relatively new boutique winery in the Sebastopol Hills of the Russian River Valley, run by
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Video: in the vineyards of the Mâconnais, Bourgogne, France
In July 2024 I visited the Mâconnais wine region in the south of Bourgogne (Burgundy), France. It’s an underrated region
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Bowled over by the single origin 2015 wines from Champagne Philipponnat
Website: https://www.philipponnat.com/ Over lunch at the excellent Clove Club, I caught up with Charles Philipponnat and a small band of
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