Category: WINE REVIEW
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GRIFONE D’ORO SOAVE CLASSICO 2022
Ever considered an alternative to NZ Sauvignon Blanc or Spanish Albarino PRODUCER: Cantina di montefote (Coop) GRAPE: 100% Garganega YEAR: 2022 WINEMAKER / OWNER W: Cantina Sociale di Monteforte d’Alpone REGION: VERONA , NE ITALY the stuff you want to know… Its all about the grape : Garganega meaning from “gargano 6th most planted grape…
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BONNIE DOON CIGARE BLANC 2019
PRODUCER: BONNY DOON GRAPE: 46% GRENACHE BLANC, 34 VERMENTINO & 20% CLAIRETTE BLANC YEAR: 2019 WINEMAKER / OWNER W: RANDALL GRAHM REGION : SANTA CRUZ , CA DRINKING WINDOW : UPTO 2024 WINE REVIEW Every once in a while you scan the shelves of a major supermarket and think. “I know that they buy large…
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2018 PINOT GRIS, ST MATTHIAS VINEYARD, MOORILLA.
PRODUCER: MOORILLA GRAPE: 100% PINOT GRIS YEAR: 2018 (W)inemaker/ (O)wner : W: DAVID WALSH TASMANIA REGION Main Road, Berriedale DRINKING WINDOW : UPTO 2024 WINE REVIEW Two years ago I had the fabulous opportunity to visit Austrailia and Tasmania . Not only was it my inaugural visit but it left me wanting. This land was…
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SHARPHAM PINOT GRIS “Little Bee” Wild Ferment 2020
Sandridge Barton – Totnes, Devon. England PRODUCER: Sharpham wine GRAPE: 100% Pinot Gris YEAR: 2020 (W)inemaker/ (O)wner : W: Duncan Schwab REGION Devon , England DRINKING WINDOW : 2026 WINE REVIEW Sharpham Estate “Little Bee” Wild Ferment Pinot Gris Tucked away in the depths of South West England lies an area , not only trying…
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Oastbrook Pinot Noir 2021
Oastbrook , Kent UK PRODUCER: Oastbrook GRAPE: 100% Pinot Noir YEAR: 2021 Oastbrook Pinot Noir 2021, UK (W)inemaker/ (O)wner : W: America and Nick Brewer REGION Kent, UK DRINKING WINDOW : 2025 WINE REVIEW Deep down in the garden of England you’ll find a pretty non- descriptor field that was once the scene of the…
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Etna Bianco 2020, Mount Etna
PLANETA – MOUNT ETNA SICILY, ITALY PRODUCER: PLANETA GRAPE: Carricante 70%, Catarratto 20%, and Minella 10% YEAR: 2020 ETNA BIANCO, PLANETA 2020 (W)inemaker/ (O)wner : W: Patricia Troth Italy REGION Sicily : Mount Etna DRINKING WINDOW : 2024/25 WINE REVIEW One of the best Etna Bianco’s on the planet. Dangerously delicious : with grapes you’ve…
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Mac Forbes , Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley 2018
Mac Forbes Vineyard – Yarra Valley PRODUCER: Mac Forbes GRAPE: 100% Pinot Noir YEAR: 2018 (W)inemaker/ (O)wner : W: Mac Forbes Australia REGION : Yarra Valley APPROX £30 DRINKING WINDOW : 2023/24 WINE REVIEW Any one that knows of Mac Forbes will know that he is a man of straight talking , no nonsense conversation.…
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Chateau Ksara Sunset Rosé 2018
Ch. Ksara vineyard – Kanafar PRODUCER: Ch. Ksara Sunset Rosé GRAPE: Syrah 60%, Cabernet Franc 40%, YEAR: 2018 (W)inemaker/ (O)wner : W: James Palgé Lebanon REGION : Bekka Valley DRINKING WINDOW : 2024 WINE REVIEW SUSTAINABILTY WATER AND ENERGY CONSERVATION UPTO 10 Points 10 PRESERVE ECOSYSTEMS UPTO 10 points 10 RESPONSABILITIES TOWARDS THE PLANET UPTO…