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Gone with the wind – wine by sail
22 August 2024 Now that the maiden voyage of the Anemos is underway (reported by Sam here ), we’re republishing, free for all, Louise Hurren’s report on using wind-powered transport...
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Thursday 22 August 2024
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Promoting bottle reuse, Ontario liquor store strike, AWRI downsizes, UK vineyards expand
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 6 July 2024
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A resource guide for eco-conscious wine lovers, plus a call for help on a new initiative.
Today is Earth Day...
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Wine producers have been complaining that bottles have been getting more difficult, and expensive, to source. Could lightweighting alleviate this...
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James Mayor meets two women in wine who are doing rather than talking about saving the planet. Headlines alert us...
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A total of 20 important wine companies have now committed themselves to the Race to Zero carbon emissions and many...
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4 September 2021 You can read more about this topic, and various practical difficulties associated with it, in an article...
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Two winners and a runner-up announced below, on what we thought was the most appropriate date.
What a thoughtful and...
Alder on America
The US – China trade war has had far-reaching effects on the California wine industry, not least in its choice...
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12 December 2019 This article is so important that we are republishing it free so that as many people as...
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José Manuel Ortega has established O Fournier wineries in Ribera del Duero, Chile and Argentina. Here, the day after Andrew...
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This unprepossessing green sludge might just save the planet. It is algae being experimented with at Torres in Penedès, where...
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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia in the Maremma region on the Tuscan coast, one of the first so-called Supertuscans, in conjuction with the...
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" The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes...
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At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. The first meal I shared with Simon Maxwell, Director of the...
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See also my tasting notes on 50 bright stars from NZ just published.
New Zealand’s generic wine body is understandably...
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Wine lovers may have to start examining their ecological consciences. In the UK at least there are official moves afoot...
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