Les Pervenches: stunning natural wines from Québec’s Chardonnay Pioneer
Once just a tourist industry making wines for local consumption, Québec’s wine scene is beginning to wake up, led by
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Chardonnay
Highlights: Chavy-Chouet Bourgogne Les Femelottes 2018
This is an impressive wine from the newly-exciting Meursault-based Domaine Chavy Chouet. Femelottes is a 3 hectare parcel on clay/sand
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Highlights: Simpsons Gravel Castle Chardonnay 2019 England
The future for English sparkling wine is bright. Still wines? I’ve been a bit sceptical of these, although of late
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Harvesting Chardonnay in Carneros, Napa
In September 2015 I joined the Truchard winery in Carneros, Napa Valley, for some harvest experience, picking and processing Chardonnay
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Highlights: Tawse Quarry Road Chardonnay 2011 Niagara, Canada
Jamie Goode tastes an 8 year old Chardonnay from Canada’s Niagara wine region. It’s the Tawse Quarry Road from Vinemount
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Highlights: Lelie van Saron Chardonnay 2017 Hemel-en-Aarde
Natasha Williams is a winemaker who works for Bosman, but she also has her own label, Lelie van Saron. This,
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Highlights: a duo from star Jura producer Domaine Labet
The Labet family of Rotalier in the area south of Lons-le-Saunier, known as the Sud Revermont, have been making thoughtful
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In Chablis, with one of the new star producers: E&E Vocoret
Eleni & Edouard Vocoret specialize mainly in single-site ‘village’ level wines, but they have quickly reached the levels of some
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Domaine de Thalie: characterful organic wines from the Mâconnais, Bourgogne
Peter Gierszewski created Domaine de Thalie, in the Mâcon region of Bourgogne, a decade ago. He now has 4.5 hectares
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Video: in the Grand Cru Vineyards of Chablis
Back in April, I visited Chablis for the first time. It’s an amazing wine region, and one that’s almost unique
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