Not many Italian estates are capable of producing highly individual and ageworthy white wines. This is all the more remarkable when you consider that Cantina Terlano is a cooperative.
Based in north-eastern Alto Adige and founded 40 years ago, Terlano is a cooperative boasting 143 growers who pool together 190 hect...
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In April 2021 we tasted a New Zealand Pinot Noir that impressed us greatly. It turned out to be the brainchild of a winemaker Simon had worked with in Marlborough in early 2000. The wine was Novum Pinot Noir 2019, made by Will Hoare.
Since then, Will and his wife Rachel Jackson-Hoare have continued their project of identifying...
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We are delighted to offer the latest set of releases from Storm Wines based in Hemel-en-Arde, this duo of vintages also marks their tenth anniversary.
Sadly, as last year, production of the Chardonnays and Pinot Noir was extremely limited, so there is very little stock available. Volumes are sufficiently compromised, in fact, ...
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Without doubt, one of the most captivating, fascinating, unusual wines I tasted last year was the 2020 Bodegas y Viñedos Ponce. And it seems the style chimed with our clients too given the feedback we received.
This is the sort of wine that keeps me wanting to explore Spain more and more ...
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I consider the Podium, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi from Garofoli to be an absolute bargain – a wine with plenty of character, proven age-worthiness, all at the price of £130 per 6 bottle case in bond in its most recent release, the impressive 2020.
On tasting the 2020 vintage, it seemed to me to be the product ...
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I have long been a fan of Champagne Jacquesson, though I find the single parcel wines increasingly difficult to track down. In fact, I have taken to buying odd bottles of mature vintages from reputable sources to offer on our Wine Pro website, from where I might be able to snaffle the odd bottle for a client lunch!
Based in th...
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