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Nothing best describes Christmas in a glass, like mulled wine. Steeped in tradition, this seasonal staple has origins stretching as far back to the time of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Now hallmar...

If any Rhone wine lovers reading this have not yet made acquaintance with the delights of Domaine Brusset, I recommend that you do before Christmas.  Not only are the majority of the wines perfect fes...

With November more than half way over, there's no more denying it: winter is well and truly on its way. So now's the time to pull the woolen scarfs and beanies out from the depths of your cupboard, wh...

Ingredients (four people) - 500g orecchiette (the traditional ear-shaped pasta of Puglia) - 1kg washed turnip greens without the stems - Garlic - 1 anchovy fillet - Salt - Chili pepper - Breadcrumbs...

Tell us the story of the winery. Founded in 1902 in Trento by Giulio Ferrari and run since 1952 by the Lunelli family, Ferrari is Italy’s leading luxury sparkling wine and a symbol of the Italian 'ar...

For the pasta - 350g flour - 3 eggs - Salt - Olive oil Mix the flour and the eggs in a bowl. Add a pitch of salt and a drizzle of oil and mix to combine. Then add enough water to bring together the mi...

What's your nickname when you're at work? The Bear or Babbo Natale (Santa Klaus). What's your winemaking philosophy? In a world where wines are generally produced with the same grapes, the same techn...

Ingredients (serves eight) - 170 gcaster sugar - 230ml milk - Finely grated zest of 1 lemon - 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped - 100ml Morgenster Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 3 teaspoons sambuca -...

Tell us the story of the winery. Chateau Ste Michelle is the founding wine producer in Washington State. It is also the most acclaimed. What's your nickname when you're at work? NNothing that’s repea...

Ingredients The stuffed shoulder of mutton Garnish - 1 boned shoulder of spring lamb green asparagus - ½ onion French beans - ½ green pepper artichokes - 35gr crystallised boletus mushrooms young gar...

Tell us the story of the winery. Trapiche’s story began in 1883, in a small vineyard called ‘El Trapiche’, in Mendoza, Argentina’s main winemaking region. There, the grapes for the first fine wines w...

Tell us the story of the winery. Viña Leyda is a pioneer in the development of cool coastal vineyards in Chile (first to plant in the Leyda Valley in 1998), creating a new wine region (DO approved in...