Heir to Rioja's Remelluri estate, Telmo Rodriguez trained in Bordeaux and then gained practical winemaking experience at top Rhône estates Chave and Guigal. Having improved the quality of his family's wines, he looked beyond Rioja to cr...
Since 1995, Frédéric and Joséphine Arnaud have engaged fully with the challenge of coaxing the finest fruit from their ancient southern Rhône terroir of high altitude vineyards benefiting from stony soils and bracing, sanit...
Thoughtful Etienne Pochon is our touchstone for quality in the large northern Rhône appellation of Crozes-Hermitage, which surrounds Hermitage proper and yields lighter Syrah styles. Generations of Pochons have occupied the cobblestone-built me...
As the Château's archives show, the Domaine de Panéry, near Pouzilhac in the Gard region dates back to 1670. A diverse and polycultural estate from the outset, predominantly given over to wheat and sunflowers, it has been a commercia...
Based in the Neuquen Province of Patagonia. NQN is the brainchild of Lucas Nemesio. The estate is over 1000 hectares large, though currently only 15% is planted.
Acquired by the Franþais-Monier family in 1809, this honey-coloured property is one of few on the Massif d'Uchaux (east of Mont Ventoux, north of Orange) with deep underground cellars. Much has been made of this attractively-vaulted feature...
Founded over 320 years ago by a nostalgic former Rhine-dweller on the Simonsberg and Helderberg mountains, this historic estate was propelled from respected local entity to world champion standard-setter by experimentative, ingenious winemaker Adi Ba...
Camplazens’means Camp of Pleasure’, a spontaneous military Bacchanal that erupted whenever Roman troops camped on the vine-clad limestone outcrop of La Clape near Narbonne. In 2000, hedonistic English ex-pats (and residents of New Orleans...
Tannat is a grape variety native to the Gascony region of southwest France. It is by nature a producer of darkly-coloured chewy reds, but in this case thoughtful modern winemaking has brought out the softer fruit flavours. Made by the ultra-reliable ...