No es Pituko, an exciting range of natural wines from Chile
No es Pituko translates as ‘it ain’t fancy’, and this is a series of natural, no-added-sulfite wines from Viño Echeverria.
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Natural wine
Highlights: two from RAW Wine – Gut Oggau and La Pièce
Raw Wine is known for its natural wine fairs, which started off in London back in 2012 but have since
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Highlights: De Moor Chablis Coteau de Rosette 2018 Bourgogne, France
I’m a big fan of the wines of Alice and Olivier De Moor. They’re based in Chablis, but also make
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Highlights: Domaine Hauvette Dolia 2013 IGP Alpilles, Provence, France
Dominique Hauvette had a day job as a lawyer, but wine came calling in the mid-1980s and she left her
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Highlights: Cas a Balaguer Salicornio Moscatel 2020 Alicante, Spain
Casa Balaguer-Vinessens is the winery responsible for this expressive skin-ferment Moscatel from Alicante in the south of Spain. It formed
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Jean Max: the wines of Maxime Barrot, a new star of natural Beaujolais
I was blown away when I tasted these wines from new natural wine negociant Jean Max (declaration of interest: they
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Highlights: La Stoppa Trebbiolo Rosso 2018 Vino Rosso, Italy
How do you assess a wine like this Trebbiolo from La Stoppa? If you are a techno winemaker, you reject
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Who are the true innovators in the world of wine?
Who is leading innovation in the world of wine? It’s not the big wine companies. It’s not people using cans
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Piquette, the natural wine craze taking off in the UK, but banned in the EU
Lower in alcohol, lower in price, and compatible with the low/no waste culture, what’s not to like about piquette? Especially
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Highlights: Vignoble du Rêveur Un Instant sur Terre 2019
Mathieu Deiss, who works with his father Jean-Michel at Alsace’s legendary winery Marcel Deiss, created Vignoble du Rêveur in 2013. Translating
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