What a way to begin the holiday season. Well, this is my way of holidaying; going nowhere, listening to some beautiful music, dreaming of a roasted…
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Everyone & anyone who can seems to be on holiday these days, August 2026. Glorious Goodwood has been glorious, well done Bow Echo, and down here…
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.. when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom .. .. Château d’Yquem was founded…
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The second release of Yarn, the cult English sparkling, arrived this month. Very very limited stocks where available, as they only made one barrel. Selosse, Agrapart,…
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.. a Super Cellar Suprise! June’s first tasting of the month down here was from Domaine Pierre Guillemot, ‘Willie’s Word!’, Savigny-lès-Beaune. La Famille Guillemot are based…
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Born in 1949 in the town of Bra, in Piedmont, Carlo Petrini was a gastronome, journalist, writer, and a tireless advocate for a food system that…
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37 years ago now, there was a special dinner at The River Cafe (Hammersmith in London) hosted by Ludovico Antinori to show us, the then London fine wine trade, a wine that…
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Created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Contino’s first vintage in 1974, this groundbreaking release brings together the worlds of Rioja and Pomerol for the first…
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“Beyond the Clouds” has transformed over recent years into a well-muscled yet graceful expression that relies more on purity than power. That said, it’s still built…
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Adega Viúva Gomes  In the 1930s, Colares was one of Europe’s most prestigious wine regions. Today, 2026, just 22 hectares remain of it’s ‘ungrafted’ old-vines. Planted on sandy dunes in Lisbons’s backyard. Rising land prices have tempeted many locals to sell their vineyards to developers, and the difficulty of growing…
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