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BASBN 2013

So we gathered for my fourth Bring A Special Bottle Night at Crown Wine Cellars on Friday 14th June. Due to a slight diary hiccup on my part it was also

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Hanzell: Amongst California’s 30 Best Chardonnays

James Laube was asked to write about 30 of California’s Best Chardonnays in the latest Wine Spectator (July 31, 2012). In his words, he put together a list which is the “˜cream of the crop’.

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Shea-k it baby

Yesterday I attended the Washington State & Oregon annual trade wine tasting. Our fantastic Shea Pinot Noirs 2008 were on show and they were simply outstanding.

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A couple of wines drinking really well…

I did a tasting yesterday for a punter and two wines which don’t appear to be flying out of the door in London showed very well.

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"Heaven on Earth"

The most important vineyard area in the Walker Bay region is the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley – literal translation “heaven on earth”. Here the altitude and exposure varies greatly

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