2017
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Schieferkopf Rieslings 2017 Alsace
Julia selects not one but three wines of the week, each an expression of a single vineyard, or lieu-dit. Lieu-Dit Fels from £26.68, €34 Find the Fels 2017 Lieu-Dit Berg...
Julia Harding MW
Friday 23 July 2021
• 3 min read
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Tasting articles
We're publishing this collection of tasting notes on this first tranche of the just-declared 2017 vintage ports as soon as...
Tasting articles
In the 1970s the Rheinhessen used to churn out an endless stream of Liebfraumilch. It now seems to have a...
Tasting articles
Michel Chapoutier (pictured) has a rider for his tastings in London: a glass of Bollinger Grande Année. Conveniently, his UK...
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With the 2017 vintage, New Zealand suffered some of the most challenging weather in recent memory. Cool temperatures early in...
Alder on America
On Martin Luther King Day, Alder reports on the extraordinary 2017 vintage across America. In 2017, the United States suffered...
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A little success is swiftly followed by another disaster. Such is the life of neophyte Slovenian vigneron Chris Boiling. I...
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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc gives us this extremely comprehensive report on a particularly heterogeneous vintage. Bordeaux 2017 will go...
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Graham Nutter of Ch St-Jacques d'Albas in the western Minervois sends this vintage report form his bit of the Languedoc...
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Paul Symington sent this report, written on 18 October. His granddaughter Lua, a sixth-generation Symington, is seen inspecting 2017 grapes...
Alder on America
The weekend of 2 September 2017 northern California experienced the hottest temperatures ever recorded, at least since written records began...
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It was a treat recently to whizz round nine of the most renowned champagne houses in 48 hours in blazing...
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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc in Bordeaux (where this picture of a sparse 2017 crop was taken) sends this report...
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10 August 2017 Today's Throwback Thursday article was published for Purple Pages members only yesterday but we're making it free...
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Maximiliano Morales of AndesWines.com reports on truly exceptional weather in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile. See also pictures below...
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