Domaine Colombet: impressive wines from Saint Joseph in the northern Rhône
Website: https://domainecolombet.fr/ Nicolas Colombet is an eighth-generation winegrower, farming 6 hectares of vines at the Condrieu-adjacent border of the Saint
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Tablas Creek and Château Beaucastel: a Wine Society tasting telling the story of how a leading Rhône domaine fell in love with California
Jason Haas of Tablas Creek and Andrew Bayley (GM of Beaucastel’s UK operation) presented this really interesting tasting, telling the
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Highlights: Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023 Côtes du Rhône, France
This is a really impressive southern Rhône red from Richaud, a top producer in Cairanne. Domaine Richaud Les Galets 2023
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Beaumes de Venise, the Rhône cru with two faces
Website: https://www.beaumesdevenise-aoc.fr/ Beaumes de Venise is a small cru in the southern Rhône that describes itself as a terroir with
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La Nouvelle Garde is an organization that brings together the next generation of Crozes-Hermitage, and they threw a party
In 2023 a new association emerged in the northern Rhône, called La Nouvelle Garde de Crozes-Hermitage. This is the biggest
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Cairanne, another rising star cru in the Rhône
There’s been a lot of interest in the Rhône cru of Cairanne recently. It’s one of the crus capable of
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Ventoux, the rising star of the Rhône Valley – tasting 24 examples
This article is based on a masterclass with Alistair Cooper at The Decouvertes Vins Rhône festival in Avignon, March 2025,
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Crozes-Hermitage: my pick of 22 of the best wines from this interesting appellation
Back in late November I visited Crozes-Hermitage in the Northen Rhône, taking some time to visit many of the producers,
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Crozes-Hermitage (18) a big tasting of whites and reds
WHITES In 2023, Crozes-Hermitage was 11% white. Here I tried 18 whites. Vidal-Fleury Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 202213% alcohol. Marsanne with some
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Crozes-Hermitage (14) Domaine des Hauts Châssis
Next stop was at Domaine des Hauts Châssis, for a visit and tasting with the Raphaël Faugier. His father created
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