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Wine news in 5
Friuli floods, Ste Michelle sold, UK duty hike, French Bloom buys vineyard, LVMH strikes
Plus potential fraud in Vinho Verde, China’s recognition of Burgundy appellations, and the campaign for protected land in Australia’s Barossa. Above, Bibendum’s sobering calculation on the effect of UK excise...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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Wine news in 5
Flooding in Europe, frost in Australia, Veneto harvest begins, a new Rhône appellation
Plus, a potential change to the laws governing Germany’s VDP estates to help them weather the fallout of spring’s devastating frosts, and the first Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) producer in...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
• 1 min read
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A collection of tasting notes that reinforce the story Max told earlier this year in his article on the next...
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A move away from oak pays off in fine, fragrant, complex and beautiful red Grenache wines. Above, Marco Cirillo pruning...
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A Barossa gem, a cache of terrific wines from New South Wales and other finds. Above, new star Callum Powell...
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Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial...
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A Tuscan, Argentine and Chilean take on what makes one of Australia’s most famous wine regions special. The image above...
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Melissa Worrall writes, 'Growing up in Australia’s Barossa fostered my interest in wine. Throughout my career and an international move...
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Kirsty Hill is the head of marketing at DMG Fine Wine Australia, producer of wines under the Handpicked brand: 'I...
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'The Old Man and the Vine' was written by Tim Eichelberger, who introduces himself thus: ' My name is Tim...
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A version of this article about the need to re-evaluate old vines is published by the Financial Times. Image of...
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A groundbreaking way of exporting Australian wine plus the latest vintage releases from the Henschke family, including a 2019. In...
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An Australian and a Brit with a sense of humour, faith in their growers' vineyards and a respect for vintage...
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This week Samantha gets some devastating news and has to decide what to do.
This week seemed to bring more...
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Samantha is still waiting for the 2020 vintage to really get going.
Our winemaker told me that the lead up...
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Samantha regales us with tales of a rather unsatisfactory week.
This week was … bleak. While we have started processing...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson, whom we last encountered pruning in freezing-cold Oregon, begins a series on her current experiences as a cellar...
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Henschke, Grosset and Mount Horrocks are some of the most famous names in South Australia, but it's as much what...
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