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Club Oenologique is a special community for individuals who appreciate life's rare delights. Through our main magazine and unique events, we provide access to high-quality wines and spirits, as well as experiences in art, theatre, literature, and architecture. Our goal is straightforward: to connect with the contemporary, discerning individual who values the new, the unique, the intriguing, the handcrafted, and the beautiful.

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The best winery restaurants to visit in Tuscany

1 week ago | cluboenologique.com | Paul Caputo |Ellie Broughton

Many of Tuscany’s wineries offer guests the opportunity to pair their wines with local cuisine, but some have taken this further, establishing full-scale restaurants that have become integral to the region’s food and wine culture. Eating out in Italy is often about conviviality – simple dishes, good company, and well-chosen wine. Trattorias, osterias, and pizzerias dominate the landscape, but winery restaurants add another dimension.
The Rioja Wine Report 2025

1 week ago | cluboenologique.com | Ellie Broughton

A release of new wines from Rioja always constitutes an amazingly diverse range. For this report, we requested, through the appellation’s consejo, only top wines, with prices at or above £30, and received more than 300 wines. There are very few regions in the world that can produce so many different wines at that level of quality – I can only think of one other: Burgundy.
Bordeaux's avant-garde spirit at Maison Lineti

1 week ago | cluboenologique.com | Ellie Broughton

Drawing a glass of cloudy liquid from one of her giant concrete eggs, Dr Magali Picard passionately explains her approach to malolactic fermentation and time on lees. We’re in Maison Lineti’s impressive ‘egg box’ on the Right Bank in Bordeaux, a stone’s throw from St-Emilion’s celebrated châteaux. None of this is particularly unusual except Picard is not talking about wine; this is single-malt whisky, made by one of the world’s most experimental and exciting emerging distillers.
The best wineries in Tuscany for tours and tastings

2 weeks ago | cluboenologique.com | Paul Caputo |Ellie Broughton

Tuscany is one of the world’s most important wine regions. Its evocative, timeless landscapes support this association, but its wealth of premium wineries, operating in all corners of the region, firmly entrenches this reputation. Sangiovese is etched into Tuscany’s viticultural identity, but its adaptability to different soils and microclimates reveals it to be one of the great conduits of terroir.
Becoming the World’s Best Sommelier

3 weeks ago | cluboenologique.com | Ellie Broughton

Raimonds Tomsons, the World’s Best Sommelier 2023, smiles ruefully. ‘My wife tells me I’m not normal,’ he says. He’s speaking from the offices of Barents Wine Collectors in Riga, Latvia, where he’s wine director. He seems perfectly relaxed and, well, normal. But then again, in the rarefied world of the high-end sommelier, perhaps different rules apply.
The hottest new restaurants to visit in June 2025

3 weeks ago | cluboenologique.com | William Morris

A problem with trends in the restaurant world is that many new openings can feel extremely similar, as restaurateurs stick to a successful formula. French bistros, for example, are, for many great reasons, currently proving popular but with a result that the interiors and menus in these restaurants can seem relatively homogenous.
A true taste of Tuscany: discovering the region's top trattorias

1 month ago | cluboenologique.com | Phoebe Hunt |Charlotte Russell

As a region, Tuscany needs no introduction. This is the land of cypress trees and vineyards, Renaissance palazzos, winding roads and hilltop villages. It’s the home of Florence, Siena and Pisa, the birthplace of Dante, Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Shaped by the ancient Etruscans, the Romans and the Medici dynasty, Tuscany is home to some of Italy’s most beautiful destinations and down its cobbled streets is the place to look if you’re on the hunt for the best trattorias in Tuscany.
Familie Mantler, Gemischter Satz, Niederösterreich 2023

1 month ago | cluboenologique.com | David Kermode

Tasted on 27/03/2025 Tasted by David Kermode Could 2025 be the summer of Gemischter Satz? I hope so because there’s lots to love about Vienna’s traditional white field blend, a mixture of different varieties, cultivated on the slopes that surround the city and harvested together. Gemischter Satz can sometimes be a little boozy for summer sipping but this new-wave wine, majority Grüner Veltliner, dials in at a picnic-friendly 11.5%.
The Wine Society, Exhibition English Blanc de Blancs 2018

1 month ago | cluboenologique.com | David Kermode

Tasted on 27/03/2025 Tasted by David Kermode English wine buyer Matthew Horsley is an unlikely Del Boy but he landed a ‘cushty’ deal with this delicious Blanc de Blancs from top notch Sussex producer, Ridgeview, which became available after another, unnamed, retailer did a runner. ‘It was so good we took the lot, based on them ageing it for a further two years on the lees,’ he tells me.
Alma de Tinto, Mencía, Monterrei 2023

1 month ago | cluboenologique.com | David Kermode

Tasted on 27/03/2025 Tasted by David Kermode Mencía is one of Spain’s most exciting red grapes and this compelling wine comes from Monterrei, the youngest DO in Galicia, which lies inland at an altitude of around 500m. Fresh, vibrant, unoaked, there’s crunchy red fruit, lithe structure and a hint of something savoury on the finish. A great option for lovers of Pinot Noir or Gamay, this lends itself to a chill, so give it 20 minutes in the fridge and enjoy with pasta and ragu.