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Dönnhoff
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Bibbiano:
part 5 Chianti series
Achaval
Ferrer: South America's top
winery?
Franck
Peillot: interesting wines from
Bugey
Monty
Waldin interview: tough
questions about biodynamics
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This
month's
recommended wines: Anakena
Viognier 2008, Quinta
do Vallado Touriga Nacional 2005, Les
Foulards Rouges 'La Soif du Mal', Kumkani
Lamner Hill Sauvignon Blanc 2007, Mumm
de Cramant Grand Cru
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FEATURES
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focusing on specific aspects of the world of wine: some solid
reading here. |
TASTING
NOTES
A growing collection of producer
profiles and tasting notes of wines from all over the world. |
WINE
TRAVEL
To understand a region's wine, nothing
can beat actually going there! Here you'll find reports from
trips to wine country across the globe. |
FOOD
AND WINE MATCHING
Guidance on food and wine
pairing, wine matches with problem foods and a spotlight on
versatile food wines. |
CONTROVERSIAL
ISSUES
Focusing on areas of debate, including
terroir, wine scoring systems, the problem of corked wines and
the supposed health benefits of wine. |
BOOK
REVIEWS
For those of us who spend most of
our day in front of a VDU, there's something very relaxing about
sitting down with a good book. |
WINE
PHOTOGRAPHS
Contains a collection of wine-related
photographs. Includes a slideshow of my favourite wine pictures,
and images from across the globe. |
UK
WINE BUYER'S GUIDE
Wine buyer's guide for UK wine-lovers,
with recommended wines, a directory of wine merchants, and a shopping
list. |
VIDEOS
A new section on wineanorak!
Here's a selection of short wine films that I've shot on my
travels around the wine world. Includes my 'late night wine'
clips. |
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WHAT'S
NEW Last updated July 2nd 2009
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On my
blog, which is updated daily |
Dönnhoff:
one of the world's great wine domains (02/07/09)
Leitz:
part 2, German wine series (29/06/09)
Bibbiano:
part 5 Chianti series (28/06/09)
Achaval
Ferrer: South America's top winery? (25/06/09)
Franck
Peillot: interesting wines from Bugey (24/06/09)
German
wines: an introduction (22/06/09)
Monty
Waldin interview: tough questions about biodynamics
(18/06/09)
Castello
della Paneretta: part 4, Chianti series (15/06/09)
Champagne
Fleury: top biodynamic fizz (10/06/09)
Wine
photo of the week (09/06/09)
Cabernet
Sauvignon: an introduction (02/06/09)
Wine
photo of the week (31/05/09)
Conceito, Azeo,
Porrais and Mendes:
some more Portuguese producer reviews (31/05/09)
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Sauvignon Blanc: can it be serious? (29/05/09)
Terrazas:
part 5, Argentina series (25/05/09)
Gagliole:
impressive Chianti (19/05/09)
Wine
photo of the week (18/05/09)
Alvaro
Palacios: remarkable wines from Priorat and Bierzo
(14/05/09)
Wine
photo of the week
(11/05/09)
The
Berlin Tasting: London installment of this famous tasting
(05/05/09)
Catena:
part 4, Argentina series (04/05/09)
Castello
di Querceto: part 3, Chianti Classico series (03/05/09)
Visiting
Bernard Magrez: part 5, Pape Clement (28/04/09)
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In
Burgundy (2) (30/06/09)
In
Burgundy (1) (29/06/09)
Off to Burgundy (28/06/09)
Wimbledon and dressing up (27/06/09)
A fun day's cricket (26/06/09)
Gimblett Gravels reds (25/06/09)
Grange vs. Bin 389 vertical (24/06/09)
Great value easy to find wines (23/06/09)
Riesling is hard to get, I reckon (22/06/09)
Napa Cab on a summer's eve (21/06/09)
My vines are flowering! (20/06/09)
Two mad dogs from the Barossa (19/06/09)
Lunch in Kingston: Jamie's Italian (19/06/09)
Taste of London (18/06/09)
A nice walk followed by Semillon (17/06/09)
Victoria Moore on Terroirs (17/06/09)
Portuguese wines reviewed in WOFW 24 (17/06/09)
A lovely day in the country, followed by GruVee (16/06/09)
Lunchtime fizz: Philipponnat non dose (15/06/09)
Video: making Vin Santo (14/06/09)
A beautiful evening with a Portuguese red (14/06/09)
Sicilian wines, specially priced, at Carluccio's
(13/06/09)
Questions on biodynamics (13/06/09)
Tasting great wines blind (12/06/09)
Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon (11/06/09)
Saying goodbye to Australia (09/06/09)
Good
morning from the Hunter (08/06/09)
R&R
in the Blue Mountains (07/06/09)
Day 5
at the Landmark with emotional wine (05/06/09)
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