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Falstaff INTERNATIONAL knows how to connect with readers on an emotional and intellectual level. Our appealing combination of factual information and beautiful visuals reaches a global premium audience. Falstaff INTERNATIONAL is an accessible yet luxurious magazine founded entirely on the joyful trinity of wine, food and travel.

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PHILIPPONNAT RELEASES 2012 VINTAGE OF CLOS DES GOISSES

CORAVIN OPENS WINE BAR IN LONDON

LARGE BYZANTINE ERA WINERY DISCOVERED

YALUMBA DEBUTS 2016 VINTAGE OF THE CALEY

ANGELINA JOLIE SELLS MIRAVAL

CLOUDY BAY RELEASES 2021 VINTAGE

1821 BOTTLE OF GRAND CONSTANCE BREAKS RECORD

NEW OZ CLARKE WINE BOOK OUT

HISTORICALLY LOW WINE HARVEST IN EUROPE FOR 2021

PINOT NOIR – A GLOBAL LOVE AFFAIR • Pinot Noir is an obsession. It shows its essential nature through many local accents and facets. Of all red grape varieties, it is the one that supposedly best expresses a sense of place. Falstaff traces it around the world.

PINOT NOIR

PINOT NOIR SAVED MY LIFE • There are two trite truisms circumambulating the befogged brains of wine geeks: they all became mesmerised by wine due to a vinous epiphany; and they all tell you about a time and a place where they uncorked a certain wine and how wine never tasted the same again.

CHAMPAGNE: WHEN THE MYTH RETURNS TO THE SOIL • All too often Champagne is just a symbol: the corks pop, the bubbles foam, the celebration begins. But we ask you to stop and savour the actual wine, a cultural artefact and the true product of a landscape in northern France.

BEST OF CHAMPAGNE PRESTIGE CUVÉES

CREATING THE MAGIC • Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon is the inspired cellar master of Champagne Louis Roederer and the man behind Cristal – one of the most thrilling prestige cuvées ever created. He also is a visionary. He constantly questions the status quo and his decades of research and groundwork have positioned Champagne Louis Roederer as the leading house to shape the region‘s future.

SPANISH SPARKLE • Rather well-hidden behind a mass-market image, Cava and Corpinnat present sparkling wines of true identity and character. Falstaff urges you to explore these Spanish originals.

CAVA CATEGORIES

BEST OF CAVA & CORPINNAT

METODO CLASSICO – FRANCIACORTA AND TRENTODOC • Italy’s love for fizz is infectious. Prosecco has conquered the world as the aperitivo of choice. However, there are two regions that enjoy world renown for their bottle-fermented sparkling wines, as distinct as the landscapes they originate from: Franciacorta and Trentodoc.

BEST OF METODO CLASSICO

BRUT BRITANNIA • English sparkling wine has come a long way in a very short time. Thought of as rather eccentric just 20 years ago, England’s fine fizz is now a deliciously refreshing force with which to be reckoned.

CHANNEL HOPPING

BEST OF ENGLISH SPARKLING

HERE IS TO LIFE • Attending his first big gathering in months, our columnist is reminded of a few simple truths and relaxes while they take their effect.

100 RED WINES ICONS • Some red wines are the stuff of dreams. Their reputation precedes them, their names are spoken in hushed tones. Now the Falstaff wine editors have compiled the ultimate list of the world’s one hundred most iconic red wine estates.

SINGLE QUINTA PORTS: ANYTHING BUT CLASSIC • Port, the sweet, fortified wine of Portugal’s Douro Valley that made the region’s name over centuries, is usually blended from various grape varieties and numerous vineyards. But these blends have a localised counterpart: Single Quinta Vintage Ports – wines from single estates – that express their provenance with much character.

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PORT: A PRIMER

BEST OF SINGLE QUINTA PORT

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