I do not think that we have ever offered a Crémant nor a dry 100% Chenin from the Loire. Perhaps it is down to the fact that, whilst there are a raft of good examples which largely find their way onto restaurant lists, it takes a bit of digging to find something that is truly distinctive and impressive. I am happy to say that we have come...
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Albariño is certainly a popular grape variety, though the majority of production accounts for fairly simple day-to-day drinking wines. However, this variety is possibly one of the more characterful, indigenous, white varieties grown in Spain, and, in skilled hands and where yield is restrained, it can deliver outstanding wines with fine c...
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‘Trust me I am a wine merchant’. You don’t hear it very often, and you probably wouldn’t believe it if you did. However, there was once a time when all merchants had to know their wines – there wasn’t a raft of critics’ scores to fall back on to make your life easy, deferring the endorsement to someone e...
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Where do I start? Let’s cut to the chase. I tasted two outstanding Tuscan reds just recently that blew me away. I would count them as two of the more surprising wines I have tasted this year – I didn’t know what to expect, but they are both truly exceptional.
Both wines come fr...
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I was interested to taste the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon from Moss Wood, having been so impressed by the 2019 last year, as I had read that 2020 was considered a classic for Western Australia’s Margaret River.
I am rather sceptical of early pronouncements of greatness, and it does often sound...
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These two whites from Vietti are outstanding values; they are keenly priced, but equally stand out for the quality on show. I am yet to encounter an Arneis that I rate as highly as this, and while there may be other examples of Timorasso of a similar quality, they tend to be in a richer, late harvest style. Conse...
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