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Friuli floods, Ste Michelle sold, UK duty hike, French Bloom buys vineyard, LVMH strikes
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 13 December 2025
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Alkina – bright, elegant wines from the Barossa
Julia Harding MW
Thursday 3 October 2024
• 16 min read
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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
Saturday 21 September 2024
• 1 min read
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