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Daily Archives: January 13, 2025

Dolmen de Curton

Geoffrey R. Photography has added a photo to the pool: en Entre-deux-Mers – Gironde – France Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffreyrobinet/54250278779/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Herdade do Esporão 1

pjpink has added a photo to the pool: Herdade do Esporão, Portugal Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/pjpink/54244511984/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Vineyard | pjpink | Flickr

116 views 9 faves 0 comments Uploaded on December 30, 2024 Taken on April 14, 2024 116 views 9 faves 0 comments Uploaded on December 30, 2024 Taken on April 14, 2024

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Peso da Régua

Barragon has added a photo to the pool: Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/159484094@N05/50360121652/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Alberto Ruffoni

Alberto Ruffoni is a judge at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA). Alberto RuffoniAlberto Ruffoni Alberto Ruffoni is a Madrid-based wine consultant with a background in Anthropology, Advertising and Luxury Goods. He was a wine taster at Guía Peñín for over five years, reviewing more than 12,000 wines annually. Since then he has also worked with wineries, retailers and …

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The Wine Society to launch ‘exhilarating’ 2021 Barolo en primeur campaign

The village of La Morra. The award-winning online retailer will launch its 2021 Barolo en primeur campaign tomorrow (Tuesday 14 January). It will feature 61 wines from 27 producers, covering seven communes: La Morra, Barolo, Verduno, Castiglione Falletto, Monforte d’Alba, Serralunga d’Alba and Novello. The selection will be 50% larger than last year’s 2020 Barolo en primeur campaign. New producers …

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A 20-year vertical of Pol Roger’s Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

A 20-year vertical of Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill was held at 67 Pall Mall in London in October this year. Credit: Tom Hewson Nowhere is the historical entente between Champagne and the United Kingdom more keenly felt than at the house of Pol Roger. Even before Sir Winston Churchill’s famed love affair with the white-foiled cuvées which he …

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What to pair with vegetarian & vegan food

A trio of starters at Rovi, including fermented vegetables and tahini with Rovi’s ‘classic’ pita. I’m sitting in Rovi in London, one of Yotam Ottolenghi’s restaurants, with a selection of small plates. The ingredients read almost like a gastronomic dictionary, a multi-textured, multicoloured assault on the senses. There’s vivid coal-roasted beetroot with dried shiso leaf of an almost iridescent pink, …

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Is January still dry? Eliza Dumais on an alcohol-free month

On a spectrum ranging from agony to ecstasy, abstinence to excess, Dry January is… fluid, contrary to its title. The practice – call it a tradition, a resolution, a balm – is a reliable source of cultural lore. Whether you’re going completely dry, damp, or wet, you will find yourself inundated with algorithmically related content: Articles outlining the benefits of …

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