Amanda Barnes takes off on a two-day online tour of Italy’s UNESCO-listed sparkling wine region as part of the Circle’s Let’s visit … series, and takes in plenty of ciglione and enjoys the Rive, Cartizze and sui liveti wines that hail from them.
A patchwork of vineyards and villages nestled between woodlands and hillsides, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG is the most esteemed wine...
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Champagne Drappier: Innovation from the south
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Château de Ruth: embracing the past and future of Sainte Cécile
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The awesome ageability of Albariño
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Champagne Castelnau launches new prestige cuvée, Hors Catégorie
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Battle of the celebrity rosés
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A new perspective on Picpoul
Amanda Barnes appreciates a new acacia-aged, lobster-friendly take on the Languedoc classic.
Picpoul is a summer classic: fresh, breezy, zingy and tantalisingly cheap! This regional speciality from the Languedoc is renowned for its excellent value and ease of drinking, offering a high acidity, fresh and a mouthwatering glass of wine which works excellently with the local oysters and seafood. Thes...
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Forming deeps roots from past to present in Rioja Alavesa
Amanda Barnes learns how Luis Cañas is not only coaxing complexity out of its old vines and clones, but is also using them as a tool to tackle climate change.
Rioja producer Luis Cañas has a family heritage of winemaking in Rioja Alavesa since 1928, and made waves in the 1970s when Juan Luis Cañas started putting the overlooked and under-estimated Rioja Alavesa region on the map, by bottling his ...
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The sensual terroir wines of Santorini
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Exton Park releases its much-anticipated RBs
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