In Champagne : Pierre Gimonnet et Fils
‘At Gimonnet we are atypical for many reasons,’ says Didier Gimonnet, third generation grower and producer. ‘The first is because
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In Champagne: Louis Roederer
Roederer is an elite house famous for their prestige cuvée, Cristal. But the real story here is a house that
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Beyond grower Champagne: where have all the growers gone?
In March 2019 Ring and Goode visited Champagne, to taste, visit and taste some more. In the recent past, the
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Trivet: top new London restaurant reviewed
Fat Duck emigrants Isa Bal and Jonny Lake have created something exceptional in Bermondsey, with a unique chronological wine list
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Making talha (amphora) wine at Cortes de Cima
For vintage 2019 I spent a few days at Alentejo winery Cortes de Cima, to help make a very interesting
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Bordeaux 2017: the whites
Notes on 13 white Bordeaux wines from the 2017 vintage This was a nice chance to look at the 2017
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The judgment of BC, 2019
How well do the wines from Canada’s British Columbia do when they are tasted blind alongside some international benchmarks? Jamie
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The wine critics
A comic novel by Jamie Goode This is my first foray into fiction! Written entirely on aeroplanes, it is a
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In the vineyards of Vega Sicilia at harvest time
I’m in Ribera del Duero, Spain, visiting possibly the best-known of all Spanish producers, Vega Sicilia. It’s vintage time here,
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Red Burgundy: Cote de Beaune, Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais
With Rajat Parr and Larry Stone One of the highlights of TexSom is the seminar series, which covers a broad
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