Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Xavier Vignon
Xavier Vignon arrived in the region in 1996, and started to make wines here in 1998. He was an outsider,
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Petitjean family, Domaine de Cassan and Château Les Croix des Pins
Websites: https://domainedecassan.fr https://www.chateaulacroixdespins.fr Domaine de Cassan is a beautifully located estate at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail. I
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Beaumes-de-Venise exploration: Domaine De Fenouillet
Website: https://domaine-fenouillet.fr/ I visited with Justine and Valentin Soard, who are cousins. Domaine de Fenouillet was created in 1989 by
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Exploring Beaumes-de-Venise (1) introducing this interesting Rhône Cru
Beaumes-de-Venise is a small but interesting Cru in the southern Rhône. Initially, it was made a AOC for its sweet
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Spotlight on Saint-Joseph: tasting 39 different wines from this northern Rhône cru
It was back in 1956 that Saint-Joseph became an appellation, and the original classification was expanded in 1969 from the
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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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