Arribas Wine Co: exciting low-intervention wines from Trás-os-Montes, Portugal
Website: https://arribaswine.com/ Ricardo Alves and Frederico Machado (pictured above) began the Arribas Wine Company in 2017. They are based in
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Highlights: two affordable orange wines from Bertrand and Cramele Recas
Tried these two orange wines side by side. It’s interesting to see this category of skin-fermented whites (often called orange
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Domaine des Escaravailles, a southern Rhône star
Website: https://www.domaine-escaravailles.com/en/ Escaravilles means bettle in Occitan, hence the scarb beetle on the label. I tasted these wines with Madeline
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Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines at her project Sierra de Toloño
Website: https://www.sierradetolono.com/en/ Sandra Bravo is making some of Rioja’s most interesting wines, with a focus firmly on the vineyard. She
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Wirra Wirra: a McLaren Vale winery on the fine wine transformation path
Website: https://wirrawirra.com/ Wirra Wirra is a long-established winery in Australia’s McLaren Vale. For many years it has had a reputation
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Achaval Ferrer, one of the leading wineries from Argentina’s Mendoza region
Website: https://www.achaval-ferrer.com/ Achaval Ferrer is one of the most celebrated Argentine wineries. I remember being hugely impressed by what they
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Highlights: Champagne Lanson NV becomes Le Black Création, and this is editon 258
This is the second release of Le Black Création, following on from 257. It’s the re-badged black label non-vintage from
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Highlights: Westwell Pinot Meunier Multi Vintage, England
This is an interesting project. It’s a traditional method sparkling wine made with no additions at all. This comes from
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Highlights: Champagne Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV
Had a few glasses of this the other evening at a function, and once again came away impressed. Champagne Charles
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Biondi Santi: new releases from this star of Brunello
Website: https://www.biondisanti.it/en/home/home Biondi Santi is one of Italy’s great estates. The brilliant thing about this domaine is the consistency of
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