Website: https://www.rosischuster.at/en/ Hannes Schuster is based in Sankt Margarethen on the western shores of Lake Neusiedlersee. Most of his vineyards| wineanorak.com
Website: https://tomcsanyibirtok.hu/en I met with Árpád Tomcsányi to taste his wines, which are made from 3 hectares of vines, farmed| wineanorak.com
Sifnos is a beautiful Greek island, relatively unspoiled and not too crowded. It’s also a gastronomic hotspot, and I’ve eaten| wineanorak.com
Website: https://www.pharaoh.gr/ Pharaoh was an amazing find in Athens: just the sort of place I like eating at. Initial attempts| wineanorak.com
Website: https://www.mrvertigo.wine/en/ Mr Vertigo is a brilliant wine shop in Athens. It’s also a wine import/agency company, but while they| wineanorak.com
Website: https://www.projektwildtyp.at/en This is a new winery, now in it’s fifth year. Boris Kovacic was an academic working in microbiology| wineanorak.com
Here’s a gallery of images shot in Tokaj, during vintage a few years back at leading producer Disznókő. What’s fascinating| wineanorak.com
Tokaji is one of the world’s great sweet wines, and so it was great to attend this masterclass in Budapest,| wineanorak.com
Brilliant Corners is one of what I call the Dalston Trifecta. Head out to this zippy part of east London| wineanorak.com
Enmill Field Mineral Geo Surfaces Col Fondo 2022/23 Wiltshire, England| wineanorak.com
Arnaud Boué comes from Bourgogne, but didn’t come from a wine family. He did, however, get a degree in enology, and then decided to travel to get some outside experience. This took him to New Zealand and South Africa. ‘It was interesting to see different climates,’ he says.| wineanorak.com
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Website: https://www.loron.fr/en/en-domaines-auvigue/| wineanorak.com
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Valencia is a region in eastern Spain not known for fine wine production, but there is one winegrower – Javi Revert – who is busy changing the region’s reputation. I recently spent a few days with him in the southeastern USA with his importer, Eric Solomon selections, along with a couple of other Spanish producers. I’m really impressed with the wines he’s making. Revert grew up in the village of Font de la Figuera, where his own project is now based. Both his grandfathers had vineya...| wineanorak.com
I’m not primarily a wine critic. What I mean is, I don’t see my primary role as a wine communicator as assessing all the wines in a region and scoring them, which is something a wine critic does almost exclusively.| wineanorak.com
Transmission is an exciting new wine project from Bairrada. It’s a partnership between TAP pilot and wine lover Vitor Bento and Niepoort/Quinta do Baixo winemaker Miguel Silva, and began with the 2019 vintage. I tasted through these wines with the pair at lunch at the amazing Gaveto in Porto. Winemaking is low-fi with an emphasis on picking at the right time to get terroir expression (usually early) and a careful elevage avoiding the imprint of new small oak. Labels are by artist Fernando G...| wineanorak.com
Website: https://www.smfw.co.za/| wineanorak.com