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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Highlights: two innovative wines from Litmus, England
Impressed by these two quite innovative wines from Litmus Wines, a winemaking consultancy based at Denbies winery in Surrey. Litmus
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Ageing Pinot: four top examples of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir from the 2014 vintage
These were wines I tasted as part of a virtual 2021 IPNC masterclass on ageing Pinot Noir. Present were wine
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Corofin: new releases from one of Marlborough’s most interesting producers
These are the 2019 releases from one of Marlborough’s most interesting producers. Mike and Anna Paterson have been making their
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New releases from Nicolas-Jay, an Oregon legend in the making
Nicolas-Jay is a collaboration between Burgundian winemaker Jean-Nicolas Méo (Domaine Méo-Camuzet), and renowned music and media entrepreneur Jay Boberg (who
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