Tasting some great Australian wines at an Australia day lunch with colleagues
Australia day is a great excuse for a wine lunch, and once again a crew assembled, bringing special bottle of
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Bordeaux 2020 in bottle: 106 wines tasted and rated
2020 is a much heralded vintage in Bordeaux. Here I got to try many of the top wines in bottle,
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Exploring Costières de Nîmes (3) Michel Gassier and family, adopting regenerative viticulture
Website: https://www.famillegassier.com/en/ Michel Gassier is one of the leading producers in Costières de Nîmes, and has two domaines, making three
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2020 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection: top reds from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
The Gimblett Gravels is a special sub-region in the Hawke’s Bay region of New Zealand. As the name suggests, the
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Burgundy 2021: a snapshot of the vintage through the wines of nine producers
Time to taste cask samples of the 2021 vintage in Burgundy. It was a much talked about vintage because of
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Restaurants: Farmyard, St Leonards (Hastings)
Farmyard, St Leonards (Hastings) Website: https://farmyardwine.com/ Betina Piqueras-Fiszman and Charles Spence wrote a book about the perfect meal. Their thesis
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Vin de Constance 2018 – the new release of this famous sweet wine
Back in the 1980s South African winery Klein Constantia revived a piece of vinous history. In the 18th and 19th
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2022: a year in pictures, part 1
After three lockdown-affected years where travel was restricted, 2022 saw a return to a more normal pattern of work, exploring
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Exploring Costières de Nîmes (2) Château Morgues du Grès
Website: https://www.mourguesdugres.com/en/ Jamie Goode begins his exploration of the Costières de Nîmes with a visit to the excellent Château Morgues
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The Blaufränkisch summit: getting to grips with this fabulous variety in the Austrian alps
Blaufränkisch Summit, Lech Am Arlberg, December 2022 It’s an exciting time for Blaufränkisch. Back in May 2022 I attended a
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