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Castagna: Beechworth’s fine-tuned syrahs

Castagna: Beechworth’s fine-tuned syrahs

By Fri, Feb 04, 2011 12:26PM UTC View Comments Castagna: Beechworth’s fine-tuned syrahs

Recessionary Japan has certain benefits for the consumer (although perhaps not for the long-term health of the wine business here). These include the number of high premium wines available at reasonable prices and the relatively easy access to back vintages in a culture that is not particularly vintage sensitive. Among wines of this ilk recently...

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The whims & ebbs of biodynamics: Christophe Mignon Champagnes

By Sat, Jan 22, 2011 7:55AM UTC View Comments Pic: AP.

While I remain suspicious of the voodoo-quotient when it comes to certain aspects of biodynamics in wine, I experienced a frisson when tasting Christophe Mignon’s set of Champagnes at Japanese importer Kinoshita’s tasting earlier in the week. They tasted great! This was my fourth time tasting what I had previously perceived as a rather clumsy...

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