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New Discoveries from 2024
A little recap of my year in wine
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Happy Birthday Stanko
My last wine fair of 2024, a memorial event for Stanko Radikon
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Red, White and Glou
The growing popularity of a blend that is a blank-spot in most wine legislation
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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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Does Wine Label Design Matter?
Sometimes visual cues are everything.
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Why Visit a Vineyard?
What I look for, and why they're not all boring
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Is Blue Frank the world's best red wine grape?
What makes Blaufränkisch such a high quality variety, plus notes from a once in a lifetime tasting held by Liam and Sinead Cabot from Roka winery in…
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Blaufränkisch Tasting Notes from Roka
My favourite wines from a standout tasting of this wonderful red variety
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Man of Good Karakterre
In praise of one of Europe's most singular natural wine fairs
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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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Why natural wine matters in 2020 - My top five discoveries of the year
Why you should choose organic, biodynamic and natural wines, as a response to the terrible events of 2020 and the pandemic. With five favourite…
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