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Portugal: Bairrada 2024, Limestone Portugal

Bairrada has huge potential for characterful and different wines and certainly quality sparkling wines, as it has the limestone soils, a maritime climate and white varieties with high acidity and...

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Luis Gutiérrez •

Sparkling wine Portugal

Germany: 1,061 Wines, Mainly from the 2022 and 2023 Vintages Along the Rhine, Main and Neckar Rivers

This extra-large report contains wines from several regions and includes new Pinot Noir and Riesling releases and the best sparkling wines in Germany....

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Stephan Reinhardt •

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Champagne: New Releases from Cédric Bouchard

This small report focuses on Cédric Bouchard's recent releases of his exemplary 2019 sparkling wines and the brilliant debut of a red still wine....

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William Kelley •

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Champagne: Louis Roederer’s 2016 Cristal

Jean-Baptise Lecaillon described 2016 as a complicated season, much like 2021 and 2024 (thus far). The resulting wine is a classic in the best sense of the term, and one...

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William Kelley •

Sparkling wine France

Champagne: New Releases from Bollinger

These new releases are two blanc de noirs: the latest rendition of the house's NV bottling and the 2014 Vieilles Vignes Françaises, one of my favorite wines but one I...

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William Kelley •

France Sparkling wine

Spain: 25 Vintages of Turó d’en Mota, the Iconic Sparkling Wine from Recaredo

Recaredo is the leading producer of sparkling wine in Spain, and this report features a tasting of the 25-year production of their highly rated wine....

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Luis Gutiérrez •

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Champagne: Bollinger's 2015 Grande Année and Grande Année Rosé

The 2015 Champagne vintage enjoys a mixed reputation, but Bollinger’s 2015s have turned out very well due to terroir and agronomic and vinification approaches....

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William Kelley •

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USA, California, Sonoma Coast: A Retrospective of Ultramarine’s Heintz Vineyard Sparkling Wine

This retrospective includes the Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs and rosé and features some of the earliest examples from 2010 and 2011, plus recent releases from 2018....

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Erin Brooks •

chardonnay Sparkling wine retrospective

Germany and Austria: Brighten the Holidays with Fine Sparkling Wine

This selection of fine, predominantly German sparkling wines produced using the traditional bottle fermentation method is perfect for the holidays....

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Stephan Reinhardt •

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France, Champagne: Recent and Forthcoming Releases

This installment of new releases from Champagne looks at forthcoming or recently released wines from Champagne’s big houses....

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Yohan Castaing •

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