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Make it at home with Chivite

Laura | 19 Oct 2016

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...

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Greetings from El Esteco

Laura | 19 Oct 2016

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...

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Greetings from Leyda

Laura | 19 Oct 2016

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...

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Greetings from Chalmers...

Laura | 13 Oct 2016

Tell us the story of the winery. The Chalmers family’s commitment to innovation and excellence has made them a pivotal force in the Australian wine scene and saw them collectively named Gourmet Trave...

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Make it at home with Planeta...

Laura | 13 Oct 2016

Ingredients (serves four) - 2kg eggplant - 200g onion, coarsely chopped - 150g tomato paste - 200g celery, chopped - 100g capers, rinsed and drained - 200g pitted green olives - 50ml red wine vinegar...

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Greetings from Bogle...

Laura | 13 Oct 2016

Tell us the story of the winery. Though we've been farming the Delta region of California since the late 1800's, it wasn’t until 1968 that father and son team of Warren and Chris Bogle planted the fi...

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Make it at home with Ruggeri

Laura | 13 Oct 2016

Ingredients - 1 1/2 tablespoons butter - 2/3 cup finely chopped shallots - 3 garlic cloves, minced - 1 1/3 cups uncooked Carnaroli or other medium-grain rice - 1 cup prosecco or other sparkling white...

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Greetings from Jermann

Laura | 10 Oct 2016

What's your winemaking philosophy? We take care of our vineyard in order to harvest ripe and healthy grapes, then we devote great care in all the phases of vinification in order to preserve the profu...

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Judgement of Paris...Judgement of Bath?

Laura | 10 Oct 2016

On 24th May 1976, a young English wine merchant, working in Paris, decided to pit the might of the loftiest chateaux in Bordeaux, and the revered aristocracy of some top white Burgundies against a gro...

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Greetings from Colterenzio...

Laura | 7 Oct 2016

Tell us the story of the winery Colterenzio was founded in 1960 by 28 vintners. Over the years other winemakers from the area joined the collective, and today 300 members cultivate 300 hectares of vi...

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In the Press - FRAM

Laura | 7 Oct 2016

Newcomers FRAM have been featured in a great piece from Evening Standard wine columnist Nuria Stylianou on how to get into South Africa's sizzling wine selection.: "South African wines are sizzling a...

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A postcard from Kooyong

Laura | 5 Oct 2016

Tell us the story of the winery Pinot Noir and Chardonnay focussed, located in a martime climate 90 mins south of Melbourne. What's your nickname when you're at work? C-Dub What's your winemaking phi...

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