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  • Corbières - A Natural Wine Hot Spot
    August 6, 2025

    Corbières - A Natural Wine Hot Spot

    Over recent years, the villages in the Corbières mountain range have become a hot spot for young natural winemakers. We first visited around 2019 but since then, an artisan bakery, great restaurant and other creative businesses have helped create a...

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  • Roig Boig 2024!
    July 31, 2025

    Roig Boig 2024!

    Lots of you have been asking when the new Roig Boig Pet Nat from La Salada would be arriving and now your wait is over... The iconic Catalan fizz returns with Roig Boig Ancestral 2024. A very hot vintage has...

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  • A Guide to the Wines of Mataburro
    July 29, 2025

    A Guide to the Wines of Mataburro

    We are longtime fans of the Mataburro wines and if you're not yet, it's about time that changed! We visited winemaker Laurent last year down in the depths of Roussillon in southern France to understand the terroir and his winemaking...

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  • New Wines from Philippe Delmée in Anjou
    July 29, 2025

    New Wines from Philippe Delmée in Anjou

    One of our favourite styles of natural wine is that gluggable, uncomplicated (but not boring), bistro-style bottle. It's not trying to blow your mind, it just wants to make it feel good! Philippe Delmée is a master at creating such...

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  • Why I Love to Travel to Wine Regions
    July 11, 2025

    Why I Love to Travel to Wine Regions

    There’s something that I think about a lot. It often feels different drinking wine at home in London, versus drinking wine in the region where it originates. (Overlooking the vineyards of Didier Grappe in Saint-Lothain, Jura) Take our recent trip...

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  • A Recent Trip to Marseille
    July 3, 2025

    A Recent Trip to Marseille

    Took a trip to Marseille a couple weeks ago. I've been hearing everyone talk about it. Americans are going. Brits are going. It's a real hotspot right now. Some people are calling it the new Berlin. Who knows - but...

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  • Lambrusco Lovers Rejoice!
    June 27, 2025

    Lambrusco Lovers Rejoice!

    After a couple of dry months on the Lambrusco front, much to the disappointment of many of our customers, we are happy to announce we have new arrivals from a couple of our favourite producers in Emilia-Romagna First up, new...

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  • Producer Focus: Jean-Pierre Rietsch
    June 27, 2025

    Producer Focus: Jean-Pierre Rietsch

    Alsace is such an amazing wine region. It's located in eastern France, bordering Germany. There are many communalities in the culture of food and wine between Alsace and Western Germany. It's a very interesting place to look up if you're...

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  • BOOKCLUB NOTES: My Friends by Hisham Matar
    June 26, 2025

    BOOKCLUB NOTES: My Friends by Hisham Matar

      This one scored a very respectable 4.4 stars overall, and the second night scored even higher with an average of 4.8! ⭐️We found this to be a poignant and moving exploration of friends in exile - and it weighed...

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