I have been tasting more and more Timorasso – an obscure white grape variety from Piemonte and I am hugely encouraged by all I have tasted.
The 2019 is the second vintage of Vietti’s Timorasso. Please see below for the background.
Never heard of this grape variety? Well, you can be easily forgiven as it is a l...
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I am pleased to offer the latest release of one of our most avidly followed Champagnes, Le Mesnillésime from Guy Charlemagne. Leaving issues of pronunciation aside (Le May-nil-lay-seem), many clients have commented on how much they have enjoyed this exceptional Grand Cru vintage Champagne, often identified as the ‘one with the gold ...
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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste has just been released onto the market this afternoon having received a very strong review from Neal Martin in which he describes it as a ‘brilliant GPL’.
Unfortunately, I didn’t taste the 2020, but I think the price is fair and I can forgive the Borie family a small increase a...
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As a Sicilian, I am very pleased to be writing this offer; we have offered Sicilian wines before, but never have we offered a wine made from a variety as obscure as Perricone and the 2018 Perricone Vigna del Core, Feudo Montoni is one of the best examples I have tasted.
Much like the rest of Italy, Sicily is...
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‘One of the most distinguished domaines of the Côte de Nuits’. So wrote Anthony Hanson MW over 25 years ago in the introduction to Domaine Ponsot in his seminal book, Burgundy. More recently William Kelley commented, in a retrospective of Ponsot’s routinely excellent Clos de la Roche: ‘What’s more, the vintage...
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Each year, we taste through a number of rosé in order to find examples that we believe show individuality and high quality, not forgetting that rosé should above all be refreshing. Today a hugely popular category, if you feel you're in need of a bit of navigation, please consider the following range which includes some new discover...
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