Highlights: Waitrose No 1 Don Gaspar Dry Amontillado by Lustau
I bought this Amontillado for a special recipe (to cook with) but it’s actually seriously good. I feel bad using
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Spain
Sicus: distinctive low-intervention wines from Catalunya
Website: https://www.dynamicvines.com/producers/sicus I popped into Dynamic Vines in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning and they were showing the wines of
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A big tasting of Tenerife wines, with some nice surprises
As part of the recent Island Wines Summit in Tenerife we had a chance to taste through a range of
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Raúl Moreno, making stunning wines from sherry country
Raúl Moreno is originally from Sevilla, and he began his wine education working in restaurants in London, where he moved
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A vertical of Vega Sicilia: taking a deep dive into Spain’s most celebrated wine producer
UK wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd have just launched an offer of some back vintages of Vega Sicilia. (The
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Hacienda el Ternero is making impressive wines from the north of Rioja
Hacienda el Ternero is a little unusual in Rioja in that it’s a single estate, making wine from its own
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Tenerife winery Altos de Trevejos starts a new phase with Borja Pérez as winemaker
Website: https://www.altosdetrevejos.com/ We crossed from the north, via the Teide national part, to the south of Tenerife. Here you can
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Island Wines: a tasting of sweet wines from Tenerife, Pantellaria, Kefalonia and Santorini
Matteo Montone presented this seminar on sweet wines from islands, as part of the excellent Island Wines summit in Tenerife.
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The concept of island wines is now firmly established: a tasting with Pascaline Lepeltier
At the 2026 Island Wines Summit, celebrated sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier (now at Chambers Wines in New York) led a really
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Restaurants: dinner at La Trompette, Chiswick, with three interesting wines
Website: https://www.latrompette.co.uk/ La Trompette is one of my favourite restaurants in London. Tucked away in Chiswick, it has an upmarket
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