Geoffrey Dean
#wine & #travel writer for @teamdb @thebuyer11 @harperswine @winepages @dailytelegraph; cricket writer @timessport. Judge for @WineChallenge & @DecanterAwards
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1 week ago |
the-buyer.net | Geoffrey Dean
Cristián Vallejo approached the entrance to the locked forested enclosure with deference, as if respectful of a burial site within. Which in a way it was, though not with any human connection. The Viña VIK winemaker spoke in almost reverential tones, as if paying homage to the location – high up in the coastal range between the Andes and the Pacific at 1,000 metres above sea-level.
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2 weeks ago |
the-buyer.net | Geoffrey Dean
You would think Tor Kenward had seen it all after making wine in the Napa Valley for close on half a century, but the 2022 growing season brought with it an altogether new challenge. After the fires and smoke taint of 2020 ruled out a vintage, the outstanding 2021 harvest was a boost, as was the so-called Judgment of Napa in October that year when Kenward’s Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 was rated ahead of nine other global icon wines.
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3 weeks ago |
the-buyer.net | Geoffrey Dean
It took John Chapman, managing director of the Oxford Wine Company, very little time to make his decision. The Château Bellini Rosé 2024 was just the Provençal label he was looking for this summer. In went the 500-strong order for the bottle he had taken back to the office after it was given to him at a special dinner on the Monday evening of the London Wine Fair.
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4 weeks ago |
the-buyer.net | Geoffrey Dean
Drinkers and importers on the lookout for a little-known gem of a wine-producing country should look no further than the Czech Republic. While reputed for the quality of its beer, Czechia, as it likes to be called, has a long history of wine-making dating back to Roman times, and produces a good deal of mid-market and premium labels from its 18,504 hectares under vine.
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1 month ago |
thetimes.com | Ivo Tennant |Elizabeth Ammon |Geoffrey Dean
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