Sashi Moorman presents Domaine de la Côte, one of California’s most exciting wineries
Website: https://domainedelacote.com/ Sashi Moorman was in town to talk about the wines of Domaine de la Côte, a Pinot-focused winery
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What I really think about scoring wine, and explaining why the scores on this site are in a tight band?
I have a love/hate relationship with wine scores. I use them to give readers an idea of how much I
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Australian Pinot Noir: a tasting of 25 wines, showing how impressive these wines can be
Back in November I attended the Pinot Massif, which is a get-together for winemakers in Australia who are working with
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Does English wine age backwards?
AGED ENGLISH WINES FROM BREAKY BOTTOM, GUSBOURNE & HATTINGLEY DELIGHTED THE TASTE BUDS OF TIME-SERVED TASTERS AT THE LIBÉRATION TARDIVE FOUNDATION ‘TEN YEAR PLUS’ TASTING IN SKINNERS HALL THIS MONTH – SO FRESH WERE THE WINES ONE WAG PRONOUNCED THEM BOOZE BOTOX
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Henschke: tasting the newly released 2021 single vineyard wines with Stephen and Prue Henschke
Website: https://www.henschke.com.au/ It’s the start of vintage when I catch up with Stephen and Prue Henschke to taste through these
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Filming the science of wine
One of the most fun things I did last year was spend three weeks filming a TV series titled ‘The
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Visiting Tedeschi, a leading wine producer in the Veneto, to do a deep dive and explore their scientific study that proves terroir
Website: https://www.tedeschiwines.com/en/ The current Tedeschi style developed in the 1960s. ‘Or father [Lorenzo Tedeschi] started to focus more on quality
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SOUTH AFRICA LAGS BEHIND EUROPE WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANIC VITICULTURE – 12 PRODUCERS UNITE TO SEEK CHANGE
Organic wine movement spearheaded by Radford Dale in South Africa
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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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The remarkable wines of Barbeito, the leading producer from Madeira
Ricardo Freitas is a third generation Madeira producer, and his family firm Barbeito is widely regarded as the top producer
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