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Tasting top Chardonnays blind
Take 27 Chardonnay ‘icons’ from around the world and serve them up to 18 accredited tasters … A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See...
Jancis Robinson
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Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations
Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...
Andy Howard MW
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See also The New Australia –...
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See also my overview Australia changes its focus, Australian Rieslings and Australian Semillons .
Below are tasting notes on about...
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Find the tawny The Australians are devilishly versatile, as last week's marathon Australian tasting in London proved. They may have...
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Leading Australian wine auctioneers Langton’s have just released their Top 500 List of Australia’s highest wine auction prices compiled from...
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Ooo, many a man- and woman-hour has clearly gone into cleaning up the mess after the reported slanging match resulting...
Don't quote me
7 Dec – see here for a revised version of this story. Tesco’s wine supremo Dan Jago was recently invited...
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Below are tasting notes, as I took them when tasting blind (including some guesses as to origin) more than 40...
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We have long benefited from the input of Australian members of our purple pages but have not until now been...
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Brian and Ann Croser, whose wine empire was acquired by Lion Nathan in 2001, finally regained ownership of the flagship...
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Here are the tasting notes from the Australian tasting for British Airways first class referred to in US v Oz...
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This month is likely to see pretty aggressive discounts by the major UK wine retailers – perhaps to make up...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Tasmania may be treated as an...
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For recommendations on wineries and restaurants to visit in Sydney and the Hunter Valley, see this thread on members's forum.
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Not 100% sure this South Australian producer deserves quite such prominence on these pages, but in response to popular demand...
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Every year around Australia Day at the end of January the Australians have staged a massive wine tasting for the...
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All roads seem to lead inexorably to Frank Mitolo at the moment. See Roger Jones’s enthusiastic advocacy, Mainly Mitolo tasting...
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