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Harvest starts down under, Jackson Family news, pruning by kayak, French co-ops in crisis
Plus mining company buying vineyard land in Australia and Champagne’s CO 2 emission goals raised. Above, red lines show major flooding across western France in February. Before I get to...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 14 March 2026
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Visiting Great Southern
Discovering Western Australia’s wine wilderness. Come back tomorrow for reviews of wines from Great Southern. Wherever you stand in the Great Southern region, the landscape undulates concentrically away. Under such...
Richard Hemming MW
Wednesday 11 March 2026
• 1 min read
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