Geoffrey Dean
@vinodeano
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#wine & #travel writer for @teamdb @thebuyer11 @harperswine @winepages @dailytelegraph; cricket writer @timessport. Judge for @WineChallenge & @DecanterAwards
Joined October 2013
#Romagna...a region for top-class #Sangiovese at a very competitive price as I discovered on a trip to #Italy last year: https://t.co/1rVYj8fDY4
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Romagna has all the ingredients to be a household name for wine buyers worldwide – the soils, slopes, grapes and climate – so what are winemakers doing to make that scenario a reality? Geoffrey Dean...
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Two new whisky distilleries in Edinburgh, as well as #Ardnamurchan (founded in 2014) in the westernmost location of the British mainland, are making some great spirit: https://t.co/L82W8Bofgf
@Distillery1826 #PortOfLeith #Holyrood #Scotland
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There have been 20 new distilleries opened across Scotland in the past 15 years - two in Edinburgh, Port of Leith and Holyrood, being the first to operate in the capital since 1925. Geoffrey Dean...
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The view this morning of some vertiginous AOC Dezaley vines rising up from Lac Leman (aka Geneva). The Montreux to Lausanne train passes. #MyVaud #montreuxriviera #IneedSwitzerland
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For some great wineries in #Uruguay to visit & stay at, here are some suggestions following my recent trip there: https://t.co/uWdIUU3BIP
@winesofuruguay @BodegaGarzon @BodegaBouza @cerrochapeu
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“We are the New Zealand of South America.” This is how Uruguay sees itself with a wide diurnal range allowing wines to have a good balance between acid, alcohol, tannin and fruit. Geoffrey Dean went...
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Truly special wines from the #AtacamaDesert. Take a bow Alejandro Galaz #Chile @WinesofChile
https://t.co/kzkoLaYhlx
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Ventisquero was named ‘New World Winery of the Year’ by Wine Enthusiast this year and no small part of that was down to the extraordinary Tara project it is operating in the Atacama desert. Here,...
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#VinaVik: the secret behind its unique wine - Stone Vik. A special place to stay, as well as some others in #Chile
@SolarMadariaga #CasaReal #VinosLof #VinedosDeAlcohuaz
https://t.co/vS6Nq4w7PB
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Granted a rare visit to a secret location 1000 metres up in Chile’s Millahue Valley, Geoffrey Dean witnesses the unique place where Viña VIK has set out to make the ‘ultimate natural wine’. With nods...
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How #TorKenward made such great Cabernet from the oh so tricky 2022 vintage in #Napa: https://t.co/f4LuedcsBM
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Despite his 77 years of age, and five decades as a vintner, industry icon Tor Kenward refuses to rest on his laurels – working at innovations in the vineyard and cellar to make his world class...
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Wine tourism and the Czech Republic? Definitely in my view - many appealing wines, plenty of talented winemakers and so much to see and do. #VisitCzechia #SouthMoravia #VisitCentralBohemia
https://t.co/oIiHExYYNr
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With over 1,300 vineyard sites, 18,500 hectares under vine and an array of impressive mid-market and premium wines, many utilising fascinating and original hybrids, Czechia is a wine-producing...
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I visited @HansVinding in #Patagonia to hear his fascinating story of how he discovered the ideal terroir to make some of the greatest #Malbec in #Argentina. Here's his story: https://t.co/4Qr63f96gN
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Hans Vinding-Diers is a maverick winemaker who can sniff out great terroir as second nature. But he had never seen a place as unique before as this little patch of Patagonia where Bodega Noemía is...
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How the concept of 'touch' is the key to the top Champagnes of @GHMUMM: https://t.co/bbqYmr1SN2
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Marginal viticulture in #SouthAfrica...how some of the country's best winemakers defy it (or benefit from it) to produce outstanding wines: https://t.co/ZXnq0DsEe0
@WOSA_UK
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Saltburn, bushfires, 200mm rainfall, yields of one ton per hectare… these are just some of the issues facing South African winemakers producing wine ‘on the edge’ of what’s feasible. That is not...
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Really enjoyed this old bushvine Cinsault from #WelbedachtWineEstate whose GM Tiaan Burger pictured. From 32-year old vines on decomposed granite in the Groenberg ward nr Wellington. Seductive red fruit, silky tannins, 12% abv. Available @SportingWine in UK. Hats off @skalabrak
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Champion #SouthAfrica winemaker David Nieuwoudt with his dog Tux. His #Cederberg Five Generations Cabernet 2021 one of SA's best reds. Beautiful tannin profile, multi-dimensional, 13.8% abv. A shoe-in for 5 stars in Platter
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Sicily's wine aristocracy - Peter Vinding-Diers & Alessio Planeta: https://t.co/DVybrrDRwP
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Most wine buyers know that Sicily is one of the most exciting wine regions in Italy right now. If they don’t they should, argues Geoffrey Dean who visits Montecarrubo, Planeta, Feudo Maccari, Giasira...
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#SouthAfrica leads the way with 3 picks in my top 10. France & Italy have two apiece with one each for England, Uruguay, Australia: https://t.co/4yEUrIZbdd
@brucejackwines @chenebleuwine @pisanowinesuy @GeoffWeaverWine @GerardBertrandO @KleinConstantia @nyetimber @TenutaDiArceno
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As another dismal day of weather hits the UK so our thoughts turn to sunnier times and climes. Well that is certainly the case with Geoffrey Dean who recalls trips to Western Australia, South Africa...
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Moving tribute @HatchMansfield autumn tasting to their late wine director Philip Tuck MW. His stable of wines really shone: https://t.co/cC7sJrt7mx
@larrycherubino @gaiagaja @KleineZalze @JosephMellot @M_Chapoutier @Taittinger_INTL
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The legacy of Hatch Mansfield co-founder Philip Tuck MW was everywhere to be seen at this autumn’s portfolio tasting, not only in the diversity and quality of the portfolio but also in its focus on...
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New multi-coloured packaging for St-Remy XO as designed by artist Lucas Beaufort. On shelves soon - perfect timing for Christmas sales #France @Clementinecom
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How one leading western Cape winery has just gone completely off-grid, using solar power only. Take a bow #JourneysEnd: https://t.co/tGRERmBBlZ
#SouthAfrica @TannersWines @bibendumwine
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Journey’s End is now operating under full solar power. This estate on South Africa’s Western Cape made the decision and investment based on the increasing problem of ‘power outages’ and is one step...
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