Luke Berry sets off on the second leg of his thrilling adventure.
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Bringing Chianti Classico to the World Stage
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Whispers of a fantastic vintage are already beginning to find their way up the Gironde. But how excited should we be?
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Autumn is a great opportunity for enjoying a variety of wines. These are a few of our favourite bottles for the season...
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A true icon of old Soho serving classic food and amazing wines.
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Back from an adventurous road trip around Tuscany - Senior
buyer - Madeline Mehalko shares her learning's from her Fiat
500.
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Dessert wine, Pudding wine, stickyâ¦no matter what the moniker,
the sweet nectar of the gods have always held a special place at
the dinner table (and in our gluttonous hearts). Some may have a
penchant for the ancient method of air dried grapes, utilized in
Vin Santo and Pedro Ximenez, others preferring the thrilling
unpredictability of achieving just the right conditions required to
produce German or Canadian Eiswein, and still others are loyal to
the ânoblestâ of all sweet wines reached through botrytis (or noble
rot), most famously used in Sauternes and Tokaj.
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The vast majority of the white wine is best consumed within a
year of being produced, arguably some even within six months if you
think of the quality of mos white wine⦠Getting in to Fine Wine
territory buys you more time. Most will gain weight and complexity
after a few years in bottle, but even classic wines like Burgundy
are less and less reliable once they shed their youthful fruit. The
Loire valley is something of an anomaly, far from losing vibrancy
with time, the wines often donât hit their stride until a decade or
more in the bottle.
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Outside the obvious regions of Spain there are hidden gems to be
uncovered, âThe Other Spain.â The regions of Rueda, Bierzo, Ribera
del Duero, Penedes, Priorat and Jumilla are well worth a look. Our
buyer, Madeline Mehalko, shares these unique regions (each marked
by red circles on the map above).
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