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The Marris dynasty are an important part of Marlborough’s past, present, and surely future. John Marris was the land agent that Frank Yukich of (then) Montana used when he swooped in and bought some 500 hectares of lousy farmland in Marlborough, which was then not a wine region, back in 1973. It’s a remarkable story, and one I’d love to write up in more detail. The...

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This is an exciting project owned by the Sander family, and it’s in a relatively unknown winegrowing region that’s called Sondagskloof. Let’s locate this geographically. It’s in the Walker Bay region, but it’s best to think of it as extens...

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Giulia and Giorgio Antonioli came to wine as a second career: she was an archaeologist and he was an art historian. But in 2018 they changed direction and rented some old vineyards on the slopes of t...

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Angiolino Maule is a leading figure in the Italian natural wine scene. He and his wife Rosamaria began a pizzeria in the late 1970s, and saved enough money to buy a farm, La Biancara, with some vineyards. They kept running ...

I first visited Quinta do Vallado back in 2002, and I’ve been back a few times since. The quinta and estate vineyards are found on the border of the Baixo Corgo, next to the Cima Corgo in the Douro Valley. They have expanded to take in vineyards elsewhere in the Douro, most notably in the Douro Superior, and now make an impressive range of wines from the affordable...