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Wine production – who pays the price?
A look at vineyard labourers in particular. A much shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Photo credit: Daria Szotek/Vineworks. The winegrowers of the world are...

Jancis Robinson
Saturday 14 June 2025
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Bordeaux 2015 ten years on – right-bank reds and sweet whites
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