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Baden-Badener Riesling 2008

8 June 2011
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It may be more well known for its beer, but Germany does some damn good wines. I managed to try a few on a trip to Karlsruhe, the 300 year-old planned city that rumour has it partly inspired the design of Washington in the USA (check the fan-like layout). And just like its excellent public [...]

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Most Travelled White Wine

17 February 2011
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There’s no doubting that the European conquistadores who set out centuries ago to discover unclaimed lands and unchartered territories, were appreciative of a drop of wine and the legacy of colonisation is one which can be seen in the wines of the New World today. With the British, Spanish, French and Italian settlers to the [...]

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White Wine Retreats

31 January 2011
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For white wine lovers with a taste for indulgence, what could be better than a relaxing break enjoying luxury accommodation combined with quality food and award-winning wines? Happily for those white wine lovers who do appreciate the finer things in life, the wiser hotel and guest house owners have cottoned on to the potential for [...]

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