‘Grasso fans will not want to miss the 2015 Riserva Rüncot' - Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2021
The first vintage for Grasso’s Riserva ‘Rüncot’ was 1995. Since then, quality has edged ever higher, perhaps on account of the run of recent vintages witnessed in Piemonte, but without doubt, i...
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Last year, Simon predicted we would be offering more incredibly individual Spanish wines than ever before. We are tasting more and more fascinating examples, often from less familiar and fairly underappreciated regions, made by skilled winemakers focused on high quality, terroir-driven expressions who are setting ...
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It is always such a pleasure to visit and taste with Jean-Pierre Latour, as I was able to do again in November 2021. He converses with such ease and honesty about his wines. As Jasper Morris MW wrote recently, Jean-Pierre Latour “is one of the most thoughtful winemakers I have come across, thinking through every stage whether viticulture, ...
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You could be forgiven for thinking that nearly every Brunello di Montalcino receives glowing critical tasting notes. After all, a certain American critic has a habit of doling out lofty scores and huge praise for a great number Brunello to such an extent that it all washes over the reader, who cannot distinguish between them, particularly in a h...
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I am becoming more and more taken with the wines of Sicily and particularly one stand-out producer, Benanti.
I struggle to find the same value for money in more popular regions of Italy – Tuscany and, increasingly, Piemonte receive plenty of attention and prices for the wines of leading estates have increased. Sicily is ...
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Global demand for top quality vintage Champagne has shot up over the last 12 to 18 months and this has even started to spread to grower Champagnes. Stocks with some of the producers we deal with have come under considerable pressure, everything has been exacerbated by a few vintages with lower yields and lower volumes of even non-vintage Champag...
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