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With the WineSleuth In Burgenland
Posted on November 21, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Videos, Vineyard VisitsOur trip via Munich to the Euro Wine Blogging Conference in Vienna wasn't all about drinking and eating! Sleuthy and I indulged in some pretty serious investigative journalism I'll have you know - in between all that wine imbibing and...
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Vines and Wines at Weingut Sommer, Austria
Posted on November 18, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Videos, Vineyard VisitsA grand sweep of vineyards down to the valley floor and the thin blue line of the Neusiedler See. Marvelling at the view is Brett Jones, on the right. About to take a photo is Amy Lillard of French wine...
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Bisol’s Gustovino
Posted on July 5, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Articles, Vineyard VisitsHas it really been four years since that exceptional helicopter ride over the Italian Prosecco vineyards and Bisol's winery? A return visit, via the islands of Venice, Mazzorbo and Burano...
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More on Bisol’s Dorona Vineyard
Posted on June 24, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Articles, Vineyard VisitsI've just been sent a vastly improved photo of the Bisol Dorona vineyard I was lucky to visit a couple of weeks back (click for a full sized view). The Venissa hotel is the cream coloured buildings at the bottom...
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Discovering Dorona
Posted on June 18, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Articles, Vineyard VisitsI was under appreciative apparently. The PR girl's* smiling veneer crackled when I failed to burst into extremes of excitement over the wine being poured to my left. But hey, I'm English,...
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Portugal in Pictures: Stainless Steel Tanks
Posted on December 9, 2009 by Andrew Barrow in Photographs, Vineyard VisitsI've rubbed them in Alsace, stroked them in South Africa, walked passed them in Bordeaux and enjoyed a large wine tasting surrounded by some Dalek-like versions in Portugal. They are still boring though. You can understand why a wine-producer...
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English Wine Week : A Tour and Tasting at Brightwell Vineyard
Posted on May 24, 2009 by Andrew Barrow in Vineyard Visits, Wine NotesBrightwell Vineyard is a quintessentially English vineyard overlooking the Thames in South Oxfordshire; family owned and run the estate is small (14 acres) and still in an experimental stage with new plantings, grubbing...
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Photographs from Boschendal
Posted on April 15, 2009 by Andrew Barrow in Photographs, Vineyard VisitsHighly unusual to be allowed anywhere near a winery during the harvest; most are hectic to the extreme with the processing of grapes to have even a moment to welcome visitors. A surprise then to...
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Cigales, Castilla Leon, Spain
Posted on May 14, 2007 by Andrew Barrow in Vineyard VisitsNorth from Vallodolid on a shorter trip than yesterday's 3 hours to Bierzo. We tumble down a hill and are faced with this majestic sweep of a view - past the Romanesque church and up to the walls...
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Bierzo, Castilla-Leon, Spain
Posted on May 10, 2007 by Andrew Barrow in Vineyard VisitsWe are trying to take in the view. The wind is whipping the translators hair into a unruly mess as we look worryingly out at distant hills vanishing beneath a dark, rolling mass of cloud and rain. The translator, an attractive...
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