Wine Reviews

Created in 1988, under the lineage of the Gros family, this domaine is managed by Jean Gros' daughter, Anne-Françoise Gros, and is completely independent of the domaines owned by her two brothers, Michel and Bernard.  Most of the property is located in the village of Pommard, south of the Burgundy wine capital of Beaune, but there are also...
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Located in the village of Negrar, in the middle of the Valpolicella valley, amid vineyards interspersed with olive and cherry trees, is the Azienda Agricola Quintarelli.  This azienda is a veritable reflection of ancient tradition and extreme purity, allied with the more "contemporary" personal aspirations of its alma mater, Giuseppe Quintarelli,...
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This interesting business was set up in the middle of the last decade by South African, Eben Sadie and German, Dominik A. Huber, who are possibly the best representatives of what has been termed Priorat's "second revolution".  The bodega is located in the village of Torroja del Priorat and its style is distinctly Burgundy-inspired. They produce...
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In the Ourense valley of Bibei, at some distance from planet Rioja, and far removed from the wine that made his brother the “re-discoverer of Priorat”, the youngest Palacios-Remondo embarked on his wine adventure just nine years ago with a noble purpose - to make the best white wine in Spain.  In a short space of  time, Rafael Palacios has shaken...
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A delightful winery located to the north of Montpellier which began its activity in 1999 and lies within the Coteaux de Languedoc appellation, presenting a style that closely refers to the indigenous reds of Southern France, with modern notes setting out norms in elegance that are rarely found in this area. Appearance A ruby red colour and of...
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Located within the Penedés denomination of origin, Can Rafols del Caus is probably the most recognisable standard bearer of the inevitable liberation of the Garraf Massif as a differentiated wine-growing area.  Its winery, recently redesigned and brought up to date, is set in a 16th Century masia or country house, which historically dates back to...
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Angelo Gaja is one of the most well-known figures on the international scene among Italian wine producers and his wines have not stopped receiving excellent reviews since he began his small modernist revolution in the eighties, casting out the classicism inherent in staid and tedious Piemonte wines. Gaja wanted to bring together a combination of...
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Christian Moueix is the son of one of the most famous wine merchants in Libourne, gaining control over a period of time of grand chateaux such as Petrus and Trotanoy. In 1982 he began his California adventure and became involved with the Napanook winery which came into his sole possession in 1995, and consequently the Dominus State name was...
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After figuring among those who have instigated the resurgence in quality in the Toro denomination of origin, the Egurens have embarked upon a new project in this same region. In 2009 they opened their new installations in the Teso la Monja winery with a very clear philosophy: to create powerful and elegant wines from very old vines of Zamora’s...
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