Geoffrey Dean

#wine & #travel writer for @teamdb @thebuyer11 @harperswine @winepages @dailytelegraph; cricket writer @timessport. Judge for @WineChallenge & @DecanterAwards

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

How a potential new gold mine is a genuine threat to the wineries of #CentralOtago:
https://t.co/JEKCQMmAQ8
#NewZealand #Marlborough #NorthCanterbury #WaihekeIsland

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

#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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

Truly special wines from the #AtacamaDesert. Take a bow Alejandro Galaz
#Chile @WinesofChile
https://t.co/kzkoLaYhlx

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

#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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

How #TorKenward made such great Cabernet from the oh so tricky 2022 vintage in #Napa:
https://t.co/f4LuedcsBM

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

How the concept of 'touch' is the key to the top Champagnes of @GHMUMM:
https://t.co/bbqYmr1SN2

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

@Telegraph asked me to suggest some wines from the @laithwaites portfolio to drink at the cricket this summer. Here's the link:
https://t.co/Niwn0rZaRw

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

How Spanish wines continue really to excite:
https://t.co/X3YR4jEzoz
#Spain

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

Sicily's wine aristocracy - Peter Vinding-Diers & Alessio Planeta:
https://t.co/DVybrrDRwP

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

#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

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

Upping the ante in the #LoireValley...
https://t.co/MnGKI3fmrO

[Geoffrey Dean @vinodeano]

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