Emidio Pepe at 60: Chiara Pepe presents the past, present and future of this Abruzzo star
Website: https://www.emidiopepe.com/en/ Emidio Pepe is 60! This celebrated winery from the Abruzzo region in Italy has been on a celebratory
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Rhone discovery (6) a big tasting of Ventoux wines
The Ventoux appellation in the southern Rhône is seriously underrated. I spent a few days there and came away enthused
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Dry-grown Chile: exploring Itata, a historic region whose time has now come
The modern era of Chilean wine has been defined by French grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenère, Chardonnay and Sauvignon
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So you want to be a wine writer?
I think it was Hugh Johnson who first came up with the memorable phase: ‘wine needs words’. While we are
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Bordeaux 2021 in bottle: ratings of many of the top wines
I don’t taste the cask samples of the new vintage of Bordeaux en primeurs, for quite a few reasons, but
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Bourgogne (Burgundy) 2022: a surprising and beautiful vintage
Each year in January, the UK wine trade has a Bourgogne week. Except, we still call it Burgundy week. The
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The remarkable wines of Werlitsch, Styria, Austria
Website: http://www.werlitsch.com/ Ewald and Brigitte Tscheppe (above) are the couple behind one of Austria’s most interesting wine projects: the Werlitsch
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Visiting Constantino Ramos, resurrecting the red wines of Monção and Melgaço in the Vinho Verde region of Portugal
‘My background is from the pharmaceutical industry,’ says Constantino. ‘My family didn’t produce wine.’ He did a degree in pharmacy
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Exploring Japanese wine (5) a wine-pairing lunch at Chi-Fu, Osaka
Website: https://chi-fu.jp/ This was a remarkable gastronomic experience. Chi-Fu is a Japanese-influenced Chinese restaurant in Osaka serving an amazing multicourse
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A remarkable Champagne tasting at The Remedy, London
This was a fun event at the Remedy wine bar in London. As part of their 10th anniversary celebrations. I
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