Crozes-Hermitage (4) Maison and Domaine Les Alexandrins
This is a domaine whose name has changed a bit. Domaine Alexandrins was first founded by Alexandre Caso and Guillaume
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Crozes-Hermitage (7) Yann Chave
I met Daphné Chave for lunch at 1906, and we were later joined by her father, Yann Chave. Daphné tells
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Crozes-Hermitage (6) Delas Frères
Website: https://www.delas.com/en/ Marco Beckman, cellar master, gave us a tour of the beautiful new winery, and then we tasted with
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Crozes-Hermitage (5) Cave de Tain
Cave de Tain is one of the leading players in the northern Rhône. I remember visiting back in 1998 as
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Crozes-Hermitage and its new generation: exploring the largest of the appellations in the northern Rhône
Early on in my journey into wine I fell in love with Syrah from the northern Rhône. The problem was
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Exploring Lirac (7) an overview and a big tasting of Lirac wines
Lirac is one of the crus of the Rhône valley, and it’s just northwest of Avignon, next door to Tavel
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Exploring Lirac (6) Domaine Chantepierre/Les Deux Pins
This is a sizeable Lirac domaine of 70 hectares of vines, owned by the Paly family. We met with Jean-François
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Exploring Lirac (5) Domaine des Carabiniers ‘Biodynamic Wine’
Website: https://www.biodynamicwine.bio/en/ It’s perhaps surprising to find a domaine branded as ‘biodynamic wine’. But that’s how Domaine des Carabiniers describe
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Exploring Lirac (4) Château de Bouchassy
I tasted these wines with Marie-Cécile Degoul, who returned to the family domaine two years ago after working for 15
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Exploring Lirac (3) Domaine Jean-Maxime Delorme
Domaine Jean-Maxime Delorme is a new domaine in Lirac. I tasted the wines with his wife, Anaïs Rebouleau. His family
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