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Sparkling wines for the 2025 festive season
Top tips for those seeking a bit of sparkle for the holidays this Christmas and New Year. From £14 to £1,438 a bottle. A version of this article is published...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 22 November 2025
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Champagne’s first Voltis harvest, tariff effects, ancient Turkish wine facility unearthed
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 1 November 2025
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Berry's wine tasting for The Drinks Trust
11 November 2025 This event is now sold out. 30 October 2025 This worthwhile initiative needs your support, and you need an excuse to provide it while enjoying some exceptional...
Team JR
Thursday 30 October 2025
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And the Porto Protocol’s new guide to environmentally friendly wine packaging, pictured above right.
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Don't pour that ancient bottle of wine down the sink! Some of the corks from an evening described below that...
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A champagne that should be on your radar far beyond the holidays, from €26.50, $39.99, £47.95. Above, Clément Préaux surveys...
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The first of four collections of suggested wines for the Christmas holidays. Look out for others on the next three...
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Reviews of 127 champagnes and other sparkling wines tasted recently by Tam and Jancis. Image © Leif Carlsson, courtesy of...
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Who has quietly invested in Champagne, Pommard, Rully and a host of luxurious hotels?
Pommard is a famous Burgundian wine...
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Lots of 'work' and quite a bit of perk, too.
After last month’s frenetic travel schedule, life calmed down a...
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Plus a suspect arrested in the MDMA-spiked champagne case, and good news on Australian exports since China lifted its tariffs...
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Alice Paillard is the fourth subject to be interviewed by Victoria Mason MW in a series of profiles of some...
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So why exactly are so many top French wine producers choosing to invest in American wineries? A much shorter version...
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Plus harvest updates from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Rioja, Chianti and Piemonte. Above, Plēb Urban Winery was destroyed by Hurricane Helene...
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A mini-vertical of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou and its neighbours, tasted in the Languedoc. See this guide to our bordeaux verticals.
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Plus a brazen wine fraud case, the bankruptcy of a major California company and potential sale of Gusbourne in England...
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There's no let-up in the leading Australian wine company's ingenuity. And the Chinese are back in the market for this...
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Is Zero Dosage a good thing? What's the ideal sweetness level in champagne? Read on. The Drappier family above, left...
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In another tale of two tastings Tam finds that it's the farmer fizz that's keeping champagne exciting. Above, Ferdinand Ruelle-Dudel...
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