Spoke: a new range of boutique wines from New Zealand’s Marlborough region
Website: https://vineyard-productions.com/wine/spoke/ Marlborough is home to some big wineries. By my reckoning there are five that each process more than
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Highlights: Antoine Sunier Régnié Cuvée Montmerond 2020
Antoine Sunier is the brother of Julien Sunier, who has been making wines in Beaujolais since 2008. He came to
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Top Hungarian wines from Borett wines: a portfolio of some of the country’s leading artisan wineries
Website: https://www.borett.com/ On a recent trip to Hungary I met up with Maria Crabb (pictured above), the dynamic force behind
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Sherry heaven: the 2023 release of Lustau’s 3 en rama
Website: Lustau 3 en rama En Rama sherry – bottled straight from the casks, raw and unfiltered, have become a
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In Slovenia (5) visiting Vino Gross in Haloze (updated with new releases)
Haloze is a hidden place, says Michael Gross. He comes from a winegrowing family, and with his brother, was running
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Exploring Bourgogne (2) Cave de Bailly-Lapierre, specialists in Crémant
Cave de Bailly-LapierreHameau de Bailly – 89530 Saint-Bris-Le-VineuxTel. +33 (0)3 86 53 77 77www.bailly-lapierre.fr Located just above on the Yonne
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Highlights: The Alley Palomino 2019 California
The Alley Palomino 2019 Contra Costa Vineyard, CaliforniaThis is made by Christina Rasmussen, friend and colleague, and I’ve tried it
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Visiting Gutter & Stars, an urban winery in a Cambridge windmill
Website: https://www.gutterandstars.co.uk/ Chris Wilson is a journalist-turned-winemaker. He was – and still is – a wine journalist, but turned to
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Piemonte adventure (5) visiting GD Vajra, one of Barolo’s top producers
Website: https://www.gdvajra.it/en/homepage ‘We are 50 years old, which makes us youngsters in the region, and we had a very humble
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Video: the Niagara wine region in Canada, with some of the leading producers telling their story
Jamie Goode visits the Niagara Wine region in Canada, and interviews some of the leading producers, finding out what makes
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