Geoffrey Dean

How a potential new gold mine is a genuine threat to the wineries of #CentralOtago: the-buyer.net/people/produce… #NewZealand #Marlborough #NorthCanterbury #WaihekeIsland

#Romagna...a region for top-class #Sangiovese at a very competitive price as I discovered on a trip to #Italy last year: the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/r…

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: the-buyer.net/tasting/spirit… @Distillery1826 #PortOfLeith #Holyrood #Scotland

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

For some great wineries in #Uruguay to visit & stay at, here are some suggestions following my recent trip there: the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/v… @winesofuruguay @BodegaGarzon @BodegaBouza @cerrochapeu

Truly special wines from the #AtacamaDesert. Take a bow Alejandro Galaz #Chile @WinesofChile the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/a…

#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 the-buyer.net/people/produce…

How #TorKenward made such great Cabernet from the oh so tricky 2022 vintage in #Napa: the-buyer.net/people/produce…

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 the-buyer.net/people/produce…

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: the-buyer.net/people/hans-vi…

How the concept of 'touch' is the key to the top Champagnes of @GHMUMM: the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/m…

@Telegraph asked me to suggest some wines from the @laithwaites portfolio to drink at the cricket this summer. Here's the link: telegraph.co.uk/cricket/great-…

How Spanish wines continue really to excite: the-buyer.net/tasting/wine-/… #Spain

Marginal viticulture in #SouthAfrica...how some of the country's best winemakers defy it (or benefit from it) to produce outstanding wines: the-buyer.net/people/produce… @WOSA_UK

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

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

Sicily's wine aristocracy - Peter Vinding-Diers & Alessio Planeta: the-buyer.net/people/produce…

#SouthAfrica leads the way with 3 picks in my top 10. France & Italy have two apiece with one each for England, Uruguay, Australia: the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/b… @brucejackwines @chenebleuwine @pisanowinesuy @GeoffWeaverWine @GerardBertrandO @KleinConstantia @nyetimber @TenutaDiArceno

Upping the ante in the #LoireValley... the-buyer.net/insight/loire-…

Moving tribute @HatchMansfield autumn tasting to their late wine director Philip Tuck MW. His stable of wines really shone: the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/h… @larrycherubino @gaiagaja @KleineZalze @JosephMellot @M_Chapoutier @Taittinger_INTL