Three leading English sparkling wines: Nyetimber, Black Chalk and Rathfinny
Did a compare and contrast with three of the top names in English sparkling wines. These aren’t prestige cuvées, but
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Regions
Highlight: AD Beckham Pinot Gris Amphora 2018 Chehalem Mountains, Oregon
Andrew and Annedria Beckham make some really lovely wines from their vineyard in Parrett Mountain (in the Chehalem Mountains AVA).
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The wines of Bodegas Frontonio, Aragón, Spain
Website: https://www.bodegasfrontonio.com/en/ Fernando Mora was in town presenting the exciting wines of Bodegas Frontonio. An engineer-turned-winemaker, he and his partner
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Creation, one of the leading wineries from South Africa’s cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde region
Website: https://www.creationwines.com/ High up in the Hemel-en-Arde region lies one of South Africa’s top wine estates – one that has
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The wines of Allram, Kamptal, Austria
Website: https://www.allram.at/en/ Allram are well located in the Kamptal, and have Riesling and Grüner Veltliner in some of the top
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Porto from the water, with some interesting wines
On the Sunday of Simplesmente Vinho in Porto, a few of us had lunch on the river on a gorgeous
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The Simplesmente Vinho Jantar Pop-Up: a great evening of Portuguese food and wine
Each year at the fabulous Simplesmente Vinho festival there is a pop-up dinner, with top chefs creating interesting, authentic food
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Piemonte mini study: eight interesting wines
I’m increasingly drawn to the red wines of Piemonte, and not just the great Barolos and Barbarescos. I recently tried
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Marlborough at 50: Dog Point, one of the region’s leading smaller wineries
Dog Point was started by Ivan and Margaret Sutherland and James and Wendy Healy, who previously worked together at Cloudy
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Highlights: Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020
Dard & Ribo Crozes-Hermitage 2020 Northern Rhône, FranceI can’t remember ever having a bad bottle from Dard & Ribo, the natural
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