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Hospices de Beaune wine auction 2025
A look back – and forward – at the world’s oldest wine charity auction, from a former bidder. On Sunday 16 November, the 165th edition of the annual Hospices de...
Andy Howard MW
Wednesday 3 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Video Before I get to global news, a couple bits from us. First and foremost, a huge congratulations to our Australia correspondent Max Allen for being named the 2025 Wine...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 8 November 2025
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Howard Ripley's German new releases in 2024
A range of wines that show there is great quality, and far more diversity, beyond the small number of dry Rieslings and Spätburgunders that fit into the VDP’s Grosses Gewächs...
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 2 October 2024
• 5 min read
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