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Côte d'Or 2024 – after the misery, an overview
After extensive tasting and talking to producers up and down Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, Matthew surveys the vintage. Above, the tellingly empty cellars at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair in Vosne-Romanée. To...
Matthew Hayes
Friday 19 December 2025
• 1 min read
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
Saturday 13 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Hospices de Beaune wine auction 2025
Andy Howard MW
Wednesday 3 December 2025
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