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Wine discoveries – February 2026
A flurry of wines to chase the winter blues away. Above, Ina and Heiko Bamberger, makers of one such wine, a terrific German sparkler reviewed below (credit: Lucie Greiner). February...
Team JR
Tuesday 3 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Tim Jackson MW would like us all to take more notice of the great grape of Sauternes, in dry form...
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Walter profiles an Australian in the Langhe. On 5 March Walter will be hosting for members of the wine trade...
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After providing us with all those great book reviews, and marshalling our Burgundy 2017 tasting notes, Tam has at last...
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A fine Australian Cabernet that's been given time to mature and is drinking well now. From CA$21.25, £18.65, $26.98, 2477...
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7 February 2019 This Thursday's delve into the archives is a particularly frightening one, one from exactly 10 years ago...
Don't quote me
Julia tastes the results of the AWRI's outstanding research into flavour compounds but can't ignore this niggling question. The Australian...
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Expect to pay more for your wine if you live in Brexit-blighted Britain. Today, with sneakily little fanfare, UK duties...
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10 January 2019 We're republishing this much-annotated article free in our Throwback Thursday series. 23 December 2018 An addition from...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
When I explain to fellow wine lovers why...
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Three notable Australian winemakers present their latest, and in one case first, vintages. Philip Shaw (pictured, showing off his notable...
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Australian Wine Styles and tastes, people and places
Patrick Iland, Peter Gago, Andrew Caillard, Peter Dry
Published by Patrick Iland...
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6 December 2018 We're re-publishing this account of an extraordinary tasting six years ago, in anticipation of my forthcoming list...
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This year promises even better wines than last Down Under. Mark Walpole is the last person you’d expect to be...
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29 November 2018 Today, we republish free Tam's account of her surprised reaction to the Australian wine scene. (See also...
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Chris Tyrrell (right, with his father Bruce) was in London recently to celebrate his family's 160th anniversary as Hunter Valley...
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4 August 2020 See this update. It transpires that Gingin, Mendoza and OF are in fact three different clones of...
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