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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Vergelegen rebooted: visiting this important South African winery and meeting the man tasked with fulfilling the potential of an amazing set of vineyards
Website: https://vergelegen.co.za/ Vergelegen is one of the great wine projects of South Africa, and it has now been rebooted after
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Visiting Mayacamas, who are making stunning, ageworthy mountain wines in Napa’s Mt. Veeder
Website: https://www.mayacamas.com/ Mayacamas, which is translated as call of the mountain lion, is one of Napa’s true star wineries, making
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50 years of Champagne Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé: a vertical tasting and a technical discussion
Frédéric Rouzaud and Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon present a vertical tasting of Cristal Rosé, Louis Roederer’s ‘hidden gem’ that since its inception
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UK/English sparkling wine: a major study
UK sparkling wine (almost all of which is from England) is at a very interesting phase. There are now lots
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