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A trip into the cellars of Maison Louis Jadot

During a recent trip to the Côte d’Or I was lucky enough to be guided around the cellars of Maison Louis Jadot. Based in a residential area on the outskirts of Beaune you would be forgiven for driving straight past...

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2012 Sesti Monteleccio in The Times

We have stocked the delicious wines of Sesti for over 20 years and we are delighted that their 2012 Monteleccio has made it on to Jane Macquitty’s ’50 best red wines for summer’ in The Times: “Starry Sesti has popped...

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Castello del Terriccio | The Tuscan Dream

  Castello del Terriccio is located 30 miles to the south of Pisa on the Tuscan coast, and just to the north of the famed Super Tuscan area of Bolgheri; it is intrinsically beautiful in every way. The estate is...

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Four outstanding Left Bank Releases: Lafon Rochet, Issan, Clerc Milon and Langoa Barton

As tomorrow is a Bank Holiday in France we have a little breathing space from new releases and have rounded up some of the better value Left Bank releases of the past couple of weeks; Lafon Rochet in St Estephe, Clerc...

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Wine of the night | 2009 Ch Lanessan Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc

At a client tasting last night there was one wine that stood out amongst many of its more prestigious Left Bank neighbours, Chateau Lanessan 2009. Serving this blind I asked guests for price predictions, results were £35-40 a bottle.

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