Wine with Leslie Williams

A dip into South America this week following tastings with two producers. Garzon is a fairly new project (2008) on the east coast of Uraguay with flying winemaker Alberto Antonini in charge of winemaking while La Celia in the Uco Valley in Mendoza was founded 125 years ago.

Wine with Leslie Williams
Sat, 20 Oct, 2018 - 01:00

A dip into South America this week following tastings with two producers. Garzon is a fairly new project (2008) on the east coast of Uraguay with flying winemaker Alberto Antonini in charge of winemaking while La Celia in the Uco Valley in Mendoza was founded 125 years ago.

La Celia has been imported by Spar and Londis for 17 years now and it is one of its best performers. The Uco Valley is 100km from Mendoza and La Celia has 400 hectares so it will have lots of scope to blend from different microclimates to balance its wines and ensure consistency in vintages.

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CourtsFood & DrinkFoodPlace: South AmericaPlace: UraguayPlace: Uco ValleyPlace: MendozaPlace: LondisPlace: La CeliaPlace: eastern UruguayPlace: Ibiza of UruguayPlace: MaipoPlace: ChilePlace: StellenboschPlace: South AfricaPlace: BarossaPlace: AustraliaPlace: Rias BaixasPlace: ArgentinaPlace: UruguayPlace: MadiranPlace: southwest FrancePlace: Uco Valley, ArgentinaPlace: Uco, ArgentinaPlace: AtlanticPlace: Tannat, UruguayPerson: Leslie WilliamsPerson: Alberto AntoniniPerson: O’DriscollsEvent: La Celia HeritageOrganisation: La CeliaOrganisation: SparOrganisation: GarzonOrganisation: World Wide WinesOrganisation: O’DonovansOrganisation: 1601Organisation: MortonsOrganisation: D6 WinesOrganisation: GibneysOrganisation: RedmondsOrganisation: Drink Store
<p>Grenache is the main grape in Châteauneuf-du-Pape (sometimes 100%, often over 80%) and in all those tasty, fashionable Provence osés in the pretty bottles such as Miraval, Whispering Angel and Minutey. </p>

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