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07 November 2024

Roussillon: Domaine Sol Payré, Château de l'Ou, Mas Bécha, Mas de Lavail.


Domaine Sol Payré
Didier and Tatiana Rodriguez farm 56 hectares of organic vineyards, which mostly lie between Elne and Ortaffa south of Perpignan heading towards the magnificently moody Albères hills on the Spanish border, as well as a few blocks in the Maury area in the north.

03 October 2024

Roussillon part 3: Château Planères, Dom Brial, Domaine La Part des Anges.

David Loiret, La Part des Anges (see below).

Château Planères
This fourth-generation estate winery is owned and run by the Jaubert family and is found in the pretty countryside of Les Aspres zone in the central-southern Roussillon, just outside the blink-and-miss-it village of Saint-Jean Lasseille. Some of these wines are new labels.

16 August 2024

Roussillon: Gardiès, Terres Fidèles, Jonquères d'Oriola, Madeloc.


The Roussillon wine people in Perpignan (green link goes to the local wine industry website, known as the CIVR for short) held a suitably tasty trade event in Edinburgh a few weeks ago, which showcased a dozen estate wineries and co-op cellars. The last articles I posted about the Roussillon were grouped by geographical area and wine style...

22 July 2024

Roussillon: 'Coup de Coeur' winners 2024.


This line-up of ten Coup de Coeur (meaning personal favourite, top pick or 'wine of the moment' to coin my usual jargon) Roussillon champions were chosen by a London-based panel of wine media and educators from an extensive tasting organised by the Roussillon wine association in Perpignan.

02 June 2024

The Wine Society: 150 years.


The Wine Society is the world's oldest cooperative wine merchant, or 'member-owned community of wine lovers' to use their own words, based in Hertfordshire UK. Here are my dozen top picks from their recent Belfast tasting in tantalisingly random order.

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