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No Kangaroos in Austria
My ongoing love affair with central Europe's top wine country
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Simon J Woolf
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TMC Guide: Collio Orange Wines, Part 2
44 skin fermented whites from Friuli Collio, including Radikon, La Castellada, Paraschos, Bressan, Nikolas Juretic, Okús and Klanjscek
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TMC Guide: Collio Orange Wines, Part 1
44 skin fermented whites from Friuli Collio, tasted and rated by our panel
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Call Me by Your Name
DOC Collio finally approves an orange wine classification
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We Don't Need No (Orange Wine) Education
When will the wine press rewrite its stale narrative about macerated wines?
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I am Kristian and This is my Wine
Visiting Kristian Keber, the most singular grower in Friuli Collio/ Goriska Brda
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Jaroslav Osička - The Teacher
A visit to a pivotal figure in Czech natural wine
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Simon J Woolf
Bottled Alive in Czechia
Favourite wines and photos from a vibrant festival for central European wine
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Dalle Ore and the madness of Italian wine laws, part 997
Meeting Benedetta Mangoni Dalle Ore, a young winemaker from the Veneto with a surprising Scottish brogue and some killer macerated Garganega.
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2023 - My Year in Wine
Simon reviews his 2023 and lists a few of the more special experiences meeting winemakers and tasting natural wines
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Simon J Woolf
Exploring Southern Italy with Radici del Sud
Simon reports on a superb evening tasting Southern Italian wines and pairing them with delicious food from their home regions.
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Orange couture - a Denavolo vertical
The story of an incredible and unexpected lunch which took in a complete summary of Guilio Armani's Denavolo wines.
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