producer profiles
This selection is not supposed to be comprehensive: there are thousands of estate tastings and interviews with winemakers in our
tastings and
meet the winemakers sections, but below are some of our favourite reports from visits to diverse and interesting estates.
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- Amorim, a visit to the world's biggest cork producer
- Albert Bichot, Burgundy - the renaissance of Maison Bichot
- Barbeito, Madeira - the wines of this ground-breaking house
- Bisol, Prosecco - the wines of Prosecco redefined
- Blue Nun, Germany - can you be serious? 70's icon revisited
- Bruno Paillard, Provence - and Joël Robuchon cooks up a storm
- Cálem, Douro - special profile of this Port house
- CAVIT, Trentino - northern Italian super co-op
- Charles Heidsieck, Champagne - Michael Edwards investigates
- Félix Solís and Viña Albali, Spain
- Gruppo Italiano Vino (Bolla, Melini & Fontana Candida), Italy
- Louis Jadot in Beaujolais - Burgundy sensibility goes south
- Mas Belles Eaux - super estate of the Languedoc
- Mont Tauch, Languedoc - Fitou's saviour and leading light
- Mumm, Champagne - meeting the men of Mumm
- Patricia Atkinson's Clos d'Yvigne, France - a remarkable story
- Quinta do Passadouro, Douro - the quiet wine revolution
- Rozès Port and Douro wines - French flair in Portugal
- Château Preuillac, Bordeaux - Tom Cannavan sniffs, sips & snips
- SAPROS - the natural sweet wine club of France
- Miguel Torres and the Mas La Plana and Grans Murrales wines
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