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Tasting the best 1998 red bordeaux blind Oxford Companion seals the EU-US wine accord Yquem release their 2002 Moody burgundy and other (fairy?) stories A new parcel to arrive at Majestic Calling all Celts Calling all Celts Introducing Grüner Veltliner to the masses LA Times surveys wine websites The 'floating vineyards' of Thailand Domaine de Chevalier - a classic revived? 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Eyewitness update from Mare Island after the fire The Harrow at Little Bedwyn - best UK wine list Free Ch Latour tasting in Toronto Bordeaux - the last 10 vintages About the site this week What's wrong with UK supermarkets Tasting notes - where to find the major vintage assessments IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - next week Viognier - it's everywhere nowadays Bay Area warehouse fire destroys significant wines A chance to taste Pavie with Messrs Perse and Johnson A couple of articles of interest The Symingtons - still British after all that port Tre bicchiere wines of 2006 Chance to taste DRC for charity in Chicago Italian wine in the doldrums... Canadian wine labelling - and Constellation? 2005 vintage reports from Portugal, Italy and France Are French vignerons really 'purer' than New World winemakers? Ch Montrose back to 1880 Jaboulet set to change hands In praise of Atlantic whites Next week - a warning The hot grape varieties of the future? Three reports on Bordeaux 2005 2005 vintage continued - Bordeaux starts early, Languedoc lashed by rain 2005 vintage continued - Bordeaux very early, Languedoc lashed by rain Otago's 2005s in short supply Sweet spots and biodynamism - fighting alcohol 2005 harvest well underway Schildknecht goes to Parker Baghdad, city of poets and wine lovers Montrachet tasting and dinner with Hugh Coonawarra Winemakers at Vinopolis and Northcote Manor A possible break for wine in India Platter's slimline 2006 five-star list The 2005 vintage begins in the south of France... Despatch from the top of the wine world Some current UK wine bargains Rain at last in southern France New techniques to make wines less alcoholic The 100 Club - of grape varieties Grenache - ripe for re-evaluation Help! Langton's Classification of Australian Wine IV New wine regions to watch Kendall Jackson takes to the hills Results of summer quiz and top 10 UK wines Barossa Valley - growers turn winemakers Dry rosé event in San Francisco The Bordeaux primeurs circus A Moncuit champagne bargain Summer quiz - win a free sub to purple pages High alcohol wines - different countries' responses Wine Options evening raises £22,500 2004 German wine - return to classicism This year's best English wines Master Sommeliers - who are they? Maggie’s wine tasting in London 02 aug UK bargains under £4 - well within Rothschild Range The best wine women of 2005 Visiting English vineyards Own-label wines to increase tenfold? University Challenge - a sobering experience New Michelin guide to French wine regions Wine Relief raises £2 million! Wine investment for special years Why wine investment (occasionally) works Oddbins lose their head of buying The rise and rise of rosé A night of fun and blind wine tasting in London Waiting for Ch Latour Become a member for 15 days FREE Subcontinental winners of the Geoffrey Roberts Award 2005 How to buy champagne in bulk Cape Mentelle's John Durham goes to Moss Wood Teach Yourself Claret How to get people to buy 2003 vintage port Domaine René Engel plunged into limbo Spring UK champagne deals Scholarship for South African MW student announced Mondovino and Sideways now available on DVD Interstate wine shipping allowed at last Setting the record straight Is chewiness next to manliness Down Under? Top Vins de Pays? Great buys from (northern) Spain How California wines have changed Visit wineloverspage.com Aspects of ripeness - Carneros winemakers ruminate That £6,000 Wine Relief dinner The influence of Rolland - positive or negative? 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Farewell Greg Trott Gone for £6,000! - Classic Wine Dinner chez nous What's hot in Australian wine Wine Relief Part 6 - Sainsbury's show some initiative Wine Relief 2005 Part 5 - a great chance for students 2005 Young Wine Writer Award How to host your own tasting for Wine Relief New Radio 4 programme on wine Terroir 2006, California - getting to the root of wine That Australian Closure Fund paper Study "proves" oxygen not necessary for wine ageing Tibor Gál in fatal South African road accident Wine Relief 2005 Part 4 - posh merchants join in Wine Relief 2005 Part 3 - which Comic wines to buy Wine Relief 2005 Part 3 - which Comic wines to buy Wine Relief 2005 Part 2 - a wine evening in Kent Farewell Hans Selbach A guide to the new Douro Divas uncorked by Hess Burgundy 2003 - a very rum vintage London wine lovers' dinner for tsunami victims Wine Relief 2005 Part 1 – Edinburgh tasting extravaganza The return of the independent wine merchant The Anglicisation of wine labels Making wine through the night in McLaren Vale Southcorp to be folded into Foster's Geoffrey Roberts Award 2004 goes to Georgian winemaker Geoffrey Roberts Award 2004 goes to Georgian winemaker Seriously good value under £6 a bottle Wine edukashun Mercedes Chivite Wine gets its very own tv channel German wine tasting in London Strong, often sweet and always delicious Something sweet for Christmas Chalone goes to Diageo Fizz for the holidays Screwcaps and reduction in wine Screwcaps and reduction in wine Luigi Veronelli dies Dry whites for celebrations Geoffrey Roberts Awards 2001 - the results Classic reds for holiday entertaining KWV implicated in flavourant scandal Luigi Veronelli dies South Africans test for added flavours Drinking in history, from a bottle Putting wine on the wide screen 2002 bordeaux - the bargain vintage Independent Merchants Fair in London and Henley Female MWs covered in glory AXA plans a move into Spain South Africa's Riesling Warriors Champagne shootout - 95 v 96 World Dry Riesling Championship Penfolds London Re-corking Clinic in nov Hic! and Deerfield Ranch wine dinner at Fortnum’s Two losses Down Under Rare Krug magnums up for sale Vintage port - a jetlagged tasting Can Carignan(e) ever be great? 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Wines that are over-, and under-, priced America's second wine state could try harder Bonny Doon's Great Corkscrew Recall The dangers of screwcaps Russian-speaking wine people sought Germany 2003 - the Ferrari vintage? Will our grandchildren need a corkscrew? Dan Pontifex Award - win a scholarship to Australia Languedoc for terroir-driven bargains German growers urged not to over-simplify Show off your tasting skills for Wine Relief New Latitude wines In praise of California's mountain vineyards Resveratrol and cancer cells Australia's finest put to the test Lafite plan their own Napa Opus, with help Great reads around, not about, wine CEC Wine's 1855 Grand Charity Wine Tasting Derenoncourt - the new Michel Rolland? 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Burgundy 2002 - the over-achievers My Chinese adventures - Part II Burgundy's 2002 growing season Calling value-conscious lunchers Michael Bonaccorsi - a bright star extinguished An adman in the vineyard What to drink in 2004 Scandinavian wine fair in Paris Burgundy 2002 - a sneak preview Bill Blatch's preliminary Bordeaux 2003 vintage report New Year self-improvement - wine courses Wine trend prediction Champagne tip for British restaurant-goers Loire 2003 - the monster vintage? Great fizz buys for New Year Latest on South African Sauvignon Blanc - 2003 Fortified and sweet wines for the holidays Germany's 2003 vintage - best since 1540? Fine, dry whites for the holidays Geoffrey Roberts Award 2004 - travel bursary seeks winner Faine waine dinner in London in February A couple of new wine-related objects, one useful Feedback on feedback Some top Spanish wines - 2003 Best of Portugal v rest of the world Vintage 2003 wine books More young Germans - and a note on tasting order Morris & Verdin to go up west? Dinner at the Clos de Vougeot Donald Hess - the man who beat Allied-Domecq A dead fruit logo Two very different reports on the 2003 grape harvest Tales from successful MW students Cherie, I shrunk the grapes 2002 - another very useful German vintage A link to reports on 2003 French grape harvest Top 2000 red bordeaux reviewed Chinese wine follow-up Allied Domecq drops bid for Australia's Lehmann Gambero Rosso's three-glass awards for 2004 The vinification of China Notable Chinese wine producers Dream Dinner raises more than £100,000 Aging white wine The Pomerolisation of Vega Sicilia Does South America make great wine? 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English Wine Week 2003 Wine Relief 2003 - buy wine and make a difference 2001 - a connoisseur's vintage in Burgundy International Grapevine Symposium, Lisbon Latest Platter Guide Parker adds to his team For wannabe southern French vignerons Wine Relief - upcoming events A useful Champagne Club in London Edinburgh wine tasting for Wine Relief Whatever happened to white burgundy? Musings from Tenuta di Trinoro Australian wine - at a turning point The rehabilitation of rosé The world of (wine) work The highest vineyards in the world - an update Adding water to wine California's artisan vignerons Wine sale time in Britain A New Year Champagne Guide Sweet and fortified wines for Christmas 2002 And now... healthy white wine What is rioja? Congratulations to Nick New Limoux reds - but not the most obvious ones Christmas reds Five of the best Top white burgundy for the festive season - and a few clones of it Rhône vignerons have it both ways in 2002 Becoming a wine star in Moscow Damp despatch from Piemonte Napa and that Conaway book Burgundy update Thresher clear-out Snippets from Australia, 2002 Grüner Veltliner - distinctly groovy grape Grüner Veltliner - distinctly groovy grape News from British Columbia Vineyard altitude and health, continued... 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Jancis Robinson, Germany's dry dictators: VDP Gewächs proposal - the Mosel answers back Wine war breaks out France's great sweet treasures Mourning the cork in New York France 2002, continued Broadbent's tasting notes, Vol 3 The rain in Spain... 2002 More on the 2002 vintage Sangiovese joins Cabernet and Chardonnay How to score wine France 2002 - a very preliminary report World Atlas of Wine goes global (sort of) Germany's dry dictators Jancis Robinson, Germany's dry dictators 'Greek' grape varieties in Italy not Greek? Unseasonal Southern France.. New grape for Piedmont Stolen Bandol alert Hail in Barolo Whither Lion Nathan in NZ? David Schildknecht on corks David Schildknecht on developments in German wine naming and shaming Cape (and Spanish) discounts for British shoppers Why expensive does not always equal good The World's First Water Sommelier A bargain, world-beating Riesling Tasting Terroir The importance of image Restaurant closure New winemaker for Villa Maria Cork disappoints yet again International Riesling taste-off - shock result Germany tops biggest ever international Riesling tasting Vicky Bishop reports from... back home Architecturally stunning winery suggestions, please Chardonnay v Grüner Veltliner, a knockout contest Perse and Petit Village cool off Sainsbury's admits defeat re Chardonnay Mesdames Mugneret - a very female Burgundian family Master of Wine Symposium, Vienna, July 11-13 Vicky Bishop reports from Champagne Randall Grahm on screwcaps Vicky Bishop reports from Alsace More sale stuff Germany's dry dictators Vicky Bishop reports from Burgundy Summer sales for British wine lovers How good are the 2000 ports? 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Vicky Bishop reports from the Loire - a château a day and horses in May The Great French Ride Farewell Gaston Huet 1996 - a great year for champagne Bordeaux 2001 prices start to trickle out Confession time...from Schloss Johannisberg Californian wine buyers under threat Bordeaux 2001 - Part 2 The Great French Ride Sotheby's buyer's premium rises by 50 per cent Landmark Chardonnay fans should act fast St Emilion winemakers recant on extremism The 2000s are looking even better Plunder Tesco Basic bordeaux 1998 bordeaux prices More Italian land grabbing Wine storage charges - a warning Report from the Bordeaux en primeur circus Wine regions that are trying harder Riesling really is renascent Some champagne bargains for Brits Buy a Willi's Wine Bar poster for Windows of Hope