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A new Vintage Port is here! 2024 review
My father always said that vintage is the king of port wine, and tawny is the president. The first is so by inheritance, the second is elected, says Dirk Niepoort. Now Vintage 2024 is here!
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Quick reads on the latest trends, discoveries, and moments that matter in the wine world. Stay updated with what's happening right now.
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20 Great Wine Buys at Duty-Free
These are the best wine buys you can make at Gardermoen's duty-free shop.
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The Italian special launch
On Thursday October 15th, 191 Italian wines will be released in Vinmonopolet's specialty stores. These are the best.
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2026 - The vintage that changed the world of wine
Never before have we harvested the grapes as early as this year. What does that mean for the world of wine?
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Eben Sadies 2025 are launched on Wedensday
South Africa's qualitatively most important wine producer is calling it quits next year. Fortunately, the next generation is ready to take over.
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Guigals first new lala-wine in 40 years
For the first time since the 1985 vintage, the Guigal family has released a new la la wine.
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Mont d´Or
The sheer demand in Norway has left French cheesemakers wondering what on earth is going on.
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Gusbourne just made their earliest harvest since the start 20 years ago
In Kent, Gusbourne harvested its 20th vintage one and a half months earlier than its first in 2006.
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Watch out for Baden
A young and energetic new generation of winemakers has transformed Baden in southern Germany into perhaps Europe's most exciting wine region over the past ten years.
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This autumns best new wine in box
One of Vinmonopolet's best new releases this September is a boxed wine from the coolest area of Chianti, and one of the region's finest producers.
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Roagnas 2020 is here!
Tomorrow, Luca Roagna's 2020 vintage is finally released at Vinmonopolet.
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Some of Chablis´ best wines from 2024 are released tomorrow
The 2024 Chablis vintage will go down in the history books as one of the most typical vintages in recent times in the region.
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The September Release: Best Value Picks
Out of around 1200 fresh wines tasted for Vinmonopolet's September release, these are the 30 best buys.
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Autumn's First Special Release
The autumn opener at Vinmonopolet is full of good buys, but not necessarily from the producers who usually create the longest queues.
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A magical trio of vintages from Bruno Giacosa
A potpourri of legendary Bruno Giacosa's wines is now in Vinmonopolet's specialty range.
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Cheese and wine, part 10: Vesterbottenost + pai :)
Västerbotten cheese and mature Rioja are a perfect combination.
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Cheese and wine, Part 9: Appenzeller and petit arvigne
If you're going to pick one place in Switzerland to enjoy Appenzeller cheese, it should be Aescher
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The perfect vineyard to stay at in Tuscany
In Tuscany, Natacha Fazal-Karim has created an organic farm and winery where you can stay.
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Cheese and wine, part 8: Serra de Estrella og hvit douro
This is Portugal's most famous cheese, and one of my absolute favourites.
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Cheese and wine, part 7: Citeaux og burgunder
If you manage to get hold of a citeaux, there is every reason to open a great white Burgundy.
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Prawns and wine
This is what summer is all about.
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Cheese and wine, part 6: Chevre from Provence
If you're giving a cheese and wine experience as a hostess gift, banon and a bottle of Château Simone is the perfect solution.
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Strawberries and wine
It's not really summer until the Norwegian strawberries arrive. Here's what to pour with them.
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Cheese and wine, part 5: Chevre og sancerre
The white goat cheeses, or chèvre in French, are probably not the cheeses that are easiest to like the first few times you taste them.
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The duty-free deals
What's really worth buying at duty-free?
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Test of 90 new Burgundies from the July launch
The 2024 vintage from Burgundy is on its way into the Norwegian market. It is really something to look forward to.
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Among Piedmont's insiders, she's an outsider.
Marisa Bacher's wines have finally arrived in Norway.
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The best buys in Vinmonopolet's July release.
I've tasted some 750 new wines and selected the 20 best buys.
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Cheese and wine, part 4: Manchego og Sherry
You've probably eaten it a hundred times. Here's a taste of the story behind Spain's most famous cheese.
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Brilliant Leclerc-Briant
The champagne house Leclerc-Briant runs the most beautiful hotel in the region. And a cellar full of experiments. The result is some of the most exciting champagne being made right now.
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Cheese and wine, part 3: Cheddar and Champagne. An underrated duo
Perhaps the world's most eaten cheese, and certainly the most underrated.
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The asparagus of Hvasser
Asparagus season is winding down for the year. Time to enjoy spring's finest vegetable while you can.
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A salute to mature rosé
Rosé may be a considered a guilty pleasure in the summertime, but the best rosés are so much more.
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Cheese & wine, part 2: Feta and greek white wine
Feta and Greek white wine have shared the same hills and the same sun for centuries. And it shows.
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The Best of Vinmonopolet's Sparkling Special Release
On Thursday, 14,218 bottles will be released in Vinmonopolet's premium stores. Among them are some truly long-awaited Champagnes.
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Raveneau 2023 is here.
The legendary Raveneau only makes 50,000 bottles a year. On Thursday you'll find eight wines from their 2023 vintage in Vinmonopolet's premium stores.
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What was the result of The Paris Tasting, 50 years later?
Did victory go to the USA again? Or does France have the upper hand?
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Cheese and wine, Part 1: Burrata and caprese
In its freshest, purest form, the world's most eaten cheese is also summer's finest.
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Chacra put Patagonia on the wine map
Since 2004, this winery has demonstrated the true potential of the region.
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50 years after Paris, Ridge is still up there
How does the 1971 Monte Bello from "The Paris Tasting" taste 50 years on?
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Something brewing at Ytre Hvaler
Ytre Hvaler impresses with its rhubarb wine.
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Today marks 50 years since the wine world changed for good.
California beat France in Paris. The wine world changed forever.
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A trio of grower Champagnes worth seeking out
These rare bubbles are now available at Vinmonopolet.
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Occidental Sonoma California Pinot Noir at its best
California Pinot Noir at its most refined.
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Niepoort - 6 wines: Coche, Tiara, Charme, Pinot, Redoma, Redoma
Portugal's finest white wine arrives at Vinmonopolet today.
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Pierre Vincent - Burgundy's new star
Pierre Vincent was hired as a winemaker at Domaine Leflaive in 2017, and is regarded by many as the man who restored Leflaive's reputation after Anne-Claude Leflaive passed away in the spring of 2015.
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Henri Rebourseau
Ten different Burgundies from Henri Rebourseau's 2021 vintage are now being released at Vinmonopolet for the first time.
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Fight of the norwegian market
Norway is such an important market for English wine that two bag-in-box wines are now arriving from the unlikely wine country to the west.
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97 points. Possibly the best Produttori del Barbaresco in 50 years.
Produttori del Barbaresco's long-standing manager Aldo Vacca is not understating when he describing the cooperative's newest vintage 2021, released in the special order selection in the Norwegian Vinmonopolet on May 6th.
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Tissot's 2023 vintage
Stéphane Tissot's 2023 vintage arrives at Vinmonopolet this week.
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Faiveley's 2024 Mercurey released
At Vinmonopolet's May release on Wednesday May 6th, a handful of wines from Faiveley's stunning vineyards in the Côte Chalonnaise in southern Burgundy will hit the shelves. And this time, they come from the cool and delicate 2024 vintage.
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Welcome to cases
It's such a treat to kick off my new site. Almost like opening a bottle of wine you've been saving for ages.
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