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It’s been a pleasure hosting the ever thoughtful, humble and insightful Pyramid Valley winemaker Huw Kinch this week as he introduced the 2024 releases to the Australian market...

One of the stars of the grower Champagne movement, Alexandre Chartogne's fascination with grower Champagne began with his mother, Elisabeth, whose cellar favoured Egly-Ouriet, Larmandier-Bernier and Anselme Selosse long before they achieved cult status...

Issue 42 of Noble Rot is here. Two much loved, Oscar-winning actors dining at Noble Rot Mayfair take the cover of Issue 42 of Noble Rot. Their hilarious interview can be found inside. Then, Dan Keeling does it tough spending two days eating and drinking his way round David Silva’s favourite restaurants and bars in Madrid, Jancis Robinson tells us about...

Back in the 16th and 17th centuries, the vineyards flowing down the Disznókő hill had the kind of reputation afforded to the greatest Burgundies today. Then phylloxera, two World Wars and Communism pretty much destroyed Tokaj and its reputation. Thankfully, for the last two decades there have been a growing band of producers striving to return the region to its former glory...

Six new wines make up Little Reddie’s latest release, spanning Riesling, Nebbiolo in three guises, Colbinabbin Refosco and Mountain Fizz. Pat Underwood's Litte Reddie project began in 2012 with a miniature barrel of Shiraz fermented in a Castlemaine backyard, and has stayed rooted in Central Victoria ever since...

"I am Flemish, I love purity." That’s how Jean-Marie Guffens, arguably France’s most influential white winemaker, once summed up his approach to us. He also clearly loves delivering great value, something he has done consistently throughout his long career...

A strong line up from Noval this time, and a few wines you’ll want to grab.  The 2024 Vintage Port comes from a season of near perfect weather, with Touriga Nacional and Touriga Francesa the clear stars, and it shows remarkable purity and clear ageing potential. If you’re after something to pour now, the unfiltered 2019 LBV is made like a Vintage Port, from a terrific year, and over delivers at the price...

Make no mistake, Benjamin Leroux has fashioned a stunning set of wines in 2024, in both colours. No one will be surprised to hear the whites are more than outstanding (the vintage is rightly garnering more and more of a reputation for its whites), but the quality of his reds was the biggest surprise, and it speaks to his quality as a grower and maker to have produced such even, and frankly, superb quality, in such a challenging year...

Croix, of Domaine des Croix in Beaune, and Damien Courbet, of Domaine Courbet in the Jura. David and Damien are best mates who met as oenology students in Dijon. They’ve been wanting to do something together ever since...

The 2024s from Camille Thiriet and her equally talented husband Matt Chittick are terrific...

Twenty years on from the debut that redefined Sherry for the fine wine world, we have our latest shipment from Eduardo Ojeda and Jesús Barquín of Equipo Navazos. Selected and bottled by two of the most knowledgeable Sherry people on the planet (Ojeda the master blender of Grupo Estévez and Barquín the world's most respected Sherry critic), we have, as always, a range of insanely good, otherworldly Sherries...

The latest releases from Swinney continue the Estate's run of quiet, hard-earned excellence, reflecting the joint effort of owners, siblings Matt and Janelle Swinney, winemaker Rob Mann and viticulturist Rhys Thomas. As always, these wines come from Swinney's meticulously managed Frankland River vineyards, farmed to deliver the finest, most expressive, low cropped fruit...