A trip to Elgin with Warren Ellis and a near miss down a cliff en route to Iona!
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South Africa Trip Part 3: Neil Ellis & Iona Visits
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Anthony’s World Trip Chile Part 1
22.02.10 Anthony (referred to as AT from here on in) flew into Santiago where he was picked up by Cristian Rodriguez from Emiliana and whisked off to the vineyards at Casablanca which have just been given full bio dynamic status. A bit about Emiliana: www.emiliana.cl Rafael and José Guilisasti were visionaries in the late 1990s when they saw that the market was beginning to change and that consumers worldwide were becoming more aware of the products they were consuming, not only for health reasons, but also with respect to their social and environmental impacts. They therefore asked winemaking consultant Alvaro
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Anthony’s World Trip 2010 The Intro.
The purpose of this trip is to get to know our existing suppliers in their own surrounds,to meet new ones,to learn more about the wines of the world and their cultivation and vinification,and importantly,the farming methods used, (this trip is timed at the best time,Harvest). I also plan to oversee the blending of more Puna Snipe in Chile,the possibility of launching our own blended brands in both East and West Australia,and meeting some of the worlds most innovative winemakers and producers there,and finally overseeing the new Swallows Tale blends and Reservas in South Africa,and probably improving the wines and adding
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