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Meet Kevin Mitchell - Kilikanoon in Australia
Filed under: Australia

Maybe you haven't heard about Kevin Mitchell? But he is one of the most talented Australian winemakers at the moment making wine at his own winery, Kilikanoon, in Clare Valley. ...
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Posted 61 weeks ago by olsenwine
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Navarra - The forgotten wine
Filed under: Spain

In the spring I visited Navarra in Northern Spain for the first time. Navarra has enjoyed, from the earliest times, before as a Kingdom and now as a Statutory Community, ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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Is Sauvignon Blanc on its way out?
Filed under: General

At a winetasting the other day a wine journalist from a small local Danish newspaper said while sipping to a Sauvignon Blanc: I am tired of Sauvignon Blancs. This grape ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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Glaetzer Bishop Shiraz 2001
Filed under: Australia

Another super Australian wine is from Ben Glaetzer. He is one of my favorite Australian winemakers. Among others he works for Heartland, himself (Glaetzer Wine) and Mitolo. Specially the Mitolo's ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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Pamplona in Navarra - City of wine and bulls
Filed under: Spain, Wine Travel

Yes, this is the town of the Running of Bulls, one of the most famous events in Spain. The great American writer Ernest Hemingway loved Pamplona for this spectacle which ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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Bodegas Marco Real
Filed under: Spain

Today we continue visiting the vineyards of Navarra. We start in the city of Olite - app. 30 km (19 miles) south of Pamplona. Here we find several wine producers, ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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2003 Radford Dale Chardonnay
Filed under: South Africa

Radford Dale is a winery owned by Ben Radford and Alex Dale in Stellenbosch in South Africa. The philosophy driving Radford Dale is to combine the old world with the ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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Mitolo Wines - Complexity from downunder
Filed under: Australia

Can a wine be complex and have 15% of alcohol at the same time? That was one of the questions Australian winemaker Ben Glaetzer met in a tasting the other ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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Bodegas Ochoa
Filed under: Spain

Bodegas Ochoa is also situated in Olite just south of Pamplona. It's a family business with father Javier as the main figure as owner and enologist and son Alvaro taking ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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2003 Clarendon Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Hickinbotham
Filed under: Australia

Clarendon Hills is owned by Roman Bratusiuk who arrived from Ukrain in 1950. The winery is just south of Adelaide and the vineyards are all old bush vines. Clarendon makes ...
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Posted 78 weeks ago by olsenwine
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