Being great is enough
20 September 2023
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2019 Oude Nektar is brilliant, that is enough reason to love it.
Category: Buying recommendations
Beauty
8 September 2023
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This Werfdans old vines Cinsault 2017 is sheer beauty.
Frighteningly fine
6 September 2023
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Felseneck Spatlese Goldkapsel 2022 expands and redefines the boundaries of quality and fear.
Envinate Palo Blanco – Wow
2 August 2023
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Envinate’s Palo Blanco 2021 from Tenerife is amazing!
Do you miss Burgundy?
1 May 2023
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Taganan 2020 from Envinate on Tenerife is a great wine for those who can no longer afford Burgundy.
A Bret Brothers Pouilly Climat 2021
10 April 2023
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Pouilly-Fuissé Climat En Carementrant 2021 from Bret Brothers is a taut, focussed wine of precision and balance.
Clark Foyster Wines portfolio tasting
31 March 2023
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A sample of the excellent wines on show at the Clark Foyster portfolio tasting.
Fruity and fresh
24 February 2023
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A new wine from the brilliant Minimalist Wines – hooray! Sam Lambson’s ‘winemaking as therapy’-Stars in the Dark has blown my mind every time I have tried it; a …
2021 Burgundy from Clark-Foyster wines – a lament
17 January 2023
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A lament about red Burgundy based on a tasting of 2021 Burgundy by Clark Foyster Wines
Benje Blanco 2020 – slap in face
22 August 2022
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Benje Blanco 2020 from Envinate is not a wine for people who only like New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Nor is it going to charm those who like their Chardonnays …