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Berry's wine tasting for The Drinks Trust
11 November 2025 This event is now sold out. 30 October 2025 This worthwhile initiative needs your support, and you need an excuse to provide it while enjoying some exceptional...
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Thursday 30 October 2025
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Fifty years of Grand Cru Schlossberg
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A bi-hemispherical operation worth following. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also...
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Plus a eulogy for Dr Anita Oberholster and some exciting site news, including the re-release of more Vintner's Tales, the...
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Tastings, dinners, films, and a Tube incident. Above, Lille at night. There was much less travel in November, though I...
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Climate change and falling demand are hitting a favourite wine region. A slightly shorter version of this article is published...
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Some fabulous wines from three excellent producers, including 18 vintages of Clos Ste Hune back to 1966. Above, some of...
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Plus relief for British Columbia wineries reeling from this winter’s devastating freeze; a new super-light sparkling wine bottle and news...
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1 August 2024 The news that Pinot Noir has been approved for a third Alsace grand cru, Vorbourg, reported by...
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Plus a brazen wine fraud case, the bankruptcy of a major California company and potential sale of Gusbourne in England...
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The latest single-vineyard wines from this long-standing champion of organic and biodynamic viticulture in France’s Rhône Valley and beyond. Jancis...
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The second in a new series for those starting a cellar. A version of this article, Jancis's last Saturday contribution...
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An Alsace view on the region's distinctive and delicious wines, from sparkling through white, orange, pink, red and dessert. Bitter...
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A dramatic wine demands dramatic food. And that doesn’t mean ‘Asian’.
On the global scale of wine crimes, the well-worn...
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How much power is too much? Above, Grand Cru Brand, from the middle of the vineyard.
Are Alsace's grands crus...
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21 September 2023 We are republishing Julia's 2021 article today because of the latest controversy in Alsace over sweetness and...
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This Alsace-based biodynamic group is growing in size and stature, gathering top names in wine from all corners of France...
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A veritable bargain for lovers of fine dry Riesling. And a recommended rich but savoury Gewurztraminer too.
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