Highlights: Champagne Collard-Picard Perpetuelle 12 Années NV
Website: https://www.champagnecollardpicard.fr/ Champagne Collard-Picard Perpetuelle 12 Années NV FranceThis is a really lovely wine, and it’s also quite a technical
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New releases (2022) from Nicolas-Jay, now one of Oregon’s very best wineries
Jamie Goode tastes latest releases from Jay Boberg and Jean-Nicolas Meo of Nicolas-Jay, a winery who has, in a very
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Highlights: Jansz Tasmania Premium Cuvée NV
I remember when I first started out in wine buying quite a bit of Aussie fizz – Seppelts Great Western
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Electric Styria: a tasting and discussion about this exciting wine region
Websites: https://www.wachstumkoenig.at/ *** https://www.neumeister.cc/en/ *** https://www.vinogross.com/ One of the exciting wine stories in recent years is the emergence of a
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Video: Martinelli’s Jackass vineyard, planted before 1889, and one of California’s oldest
This short film was taken in July when I visited the Jackass vineyard and Jackass Hill vineyard (right next door)
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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) De Loach Vineyards
Website: https://deloachvineyards.com/ Originally started in 1975 by Cecil De Loach, De Loach was one of the first post-prohibition wineries in
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Exploring the Basque coast: Biarritz, San Sebastian, Guéthary and Saint Jean de Luz
I recently spent a weekend on the Basque coast, flying in to Biarritz and staying the night. The following day
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Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (7) Martinelli
Website: https://martinelliwinery.com/ Martinelli is one of the classic traditional wineries of the Russian River Valley. I visited with Julianna Martinelli,
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Highlights: Soil Therapy Dorfschatz Gewurztraminer Sec 2021 Alsace
Soil Therapy Dorfschatz Gewurztraminer Sec 2021 Alsace12.5% alcohol. This is from Thomas Larmoyer and Merdey Tek, who established their micronegociant
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Alsace adventure (6) Domaine Kirrenbourg, the new star
Website: https://www.domainekirrenbourg.fr/en Marc Rinaldi, the founder and owner of Domaine Kirrenbourg, has had three lives. Now aged 84, he began
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