What is a grape variety? What is a clone? Unpacking the science
We talk a lot about clones and grape varieties. But what, precisely, do these terms mean? Let’s first define ‘variety’.
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pinot noir
Highlights: Craggy Range Te Muna Road Pinot Noir 2011 Martinborough, New Zealand – tasted 10 years apart
I bought a six-pack of this Kiwi Pinot Noir in 2013 from Majestic Wine for £18 a bottle. I cracked
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In Niagara (7) Thomas Bachelder: top Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Gamay from Canada’s Niagara region
Website: https://bachelderniagara.com/ Tasting with Thomas Bachelder is a remarkable experience. He has an innate curiosity and knowledge of wine that
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Growing wines in Chile’s northern desert: 10 years of the Tara Atacama project from Ventisquero
Tara is a remarkable wine project in Chile’s Atacama desert. Jamie Goode tastes through the first 10 years of this
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Californian Pinot Noir: 38 wines tasted and rated
California is one of the most exciting destinations globally for Pinot Noir. But it’s only a subset of the state’s
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Highlights: two lovely Kiwi Pinot Noirs from Fromm and Neudorf
Here are two New Zealand Pinot Noirs that offered a lot of pleasure opened a couple of years after release.
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Elgin Pinot Noir: how is Pinot doing in this cool-climate South African region?
Elgin is one of South Africa’s cool climate wine regions. This apple-growing area first began growing wine grapes in the
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Highlights: Lyme Bay Winery Pinot Noir 2020 Essex, England
This is an impressive Pinot Noir showing the still wine potential of the Crouch Valley in Essex. It’s sourced from
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Highlights: No Man is an Island Chambolle Musigny 2014
This is a charity wine: it’s produced by Mischief and Mayhem, in collaboration with The Sourcing Table (I declare an
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Pinot Noir mini study: eight wines tasted for Pinot Noir day
Pinot Noir is one of my favourite grape varieties. It’s capable of elegance and beauty, and often delivers this. But
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