Family Ties: Domaine Simon Bize
Martin Tickle onSavigny-lès-Beaune feels like Burgundy. If you stand on the Grand Cru hill of Corton and gaze west you’ll be looking over Savigny-lès-Beaune, which is divided in two by a creek that was once a major river. Domaine Simon Bize is the finest producer in Savigny-lès-Beaune. Martin Tickle provides an insight into what makes Bize so special.
Continue readingProducers at Home: Orbit Beers
James Phillips onOne of the most rewarding features of our business is meeting like-minded producers and developing relationships. In these lock down times, we miss visiting our favourite people. So, we wanted to check-in with them to …
Continue readingBouza: Time to Drink Uruguayan
Peter Mitchell MW onBouza (pronounced Boozer) is a small family owned producer with 35 hectars of vineyards planted over 4 separate vineyards, spread out over southern Uruguay. Yes, Uruguay! The estate was founded in 2000 by Juan and …
Continue readingBehind the Scenes at Pierro
Ben Pearson onHaving spent two months working as a cellar hand at Pierro, Sophie Thorpe shares a little of what makes this Margaret River producer so special. Tucked away on a bend in Caves Road, it’s easy …
Continue readingMeet the Producer: Castello dei Rampolla
Ben Pearson onIt’s a rare, and slightly self-indulgent , pleasure to watch the world slowly discover something beautiful you have known about and kept close for a long time; to be in the swell of a wave …
Continue readingMeet the Producer: Pierro
Peter Mitchell MW onPierro was planted in 1980 by Dr Mike Peterkin, a Roseworthy graduate who was at the time making wine for the Cullens (it was whilst there that he was the first in Australia to make …
Continue readingMeet the Producer: Ortega Ezquerro
Ben Pearson onThe story of Ortega Ezquerro begins with Quintín Ortega, who planted the family’s first vines back in the year 1896. At that stage, their founding father was a humble barrel-maker with ambitions, who as well …
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