After tasting a range of new wave Rioja, and being relatively disappointed, I opened a bottle of 2008 Rioja, Viña Tondonia Reserva from López de Heredia to restore my faith.
I had been guilty of being a touch dismissive of the 2008 vintage – but it is worth recalling that, for much of Europe, a cooler summer ended...
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Here’s something a little different for you…a limited edition mixed vintage case of Château Giscours, Margaux (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015), offered here at £560 per 6 bottle case in bond.This is not the sort of thing we would usually offer. Most mixed vintage cases we come across invariably include some "off" vin...
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‘La Ca' Nova is, in my view, quite possibly the greatest Barbaresco estate most people have not heard about. Yet. The wines, from two of the very top sites in town, are magnificent.’ Antonio Galloni, August 2019.
This is just one of the many plaudits that have been heaped on La Ca’ Nova, so if you are interes...
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Following on from our recent first release from Hundred Hills, I am pleased to offer the final three wines completing the first set of releases from the estate, this time offered in a mixed six bottle presentation case.As mentioned previously, Hundred Hills is situated in the Stonor Valley in south-east Oxfordshire and was founded by Stephen and...
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Most people believe Verdicchio to be a simple grape variety, capable of producing good wines for everyday consumption, best enjoyed in their youth. While this is generally correct, there are (happily and invariably always) exceptions to the rule! Verdicchio has been grown in central Italy for hundreds of years, and its roots in the Marche (prono...
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Thank you to those who responded with their guesses last Friday. Just for fun, we released an image of a vineyard asking where its location might be. We had some very good guesses as well as a few that were a lot more extreme! It was in fact a shot of the beautiful Hundred Hills estate in the Stonor Valley in south-east Oxfordshire, which w...
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