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Free for all WWC25 – The grape is the sauce, by Oliver Carr

Sommelier Oliver Carr writes this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about the virtues of Chenin Blanc. To read more odes to grape varieties, check out this guide to...

Guest contributor Saturday 30 August 2025 • 1 min read

Free for all WWC25 – When I grow up, I want to be Chenin Blanc, by Alexa Sanford

Guest contributor Wednesday 20 August 2025 • 1 min read

Natte Valleij – team building on the cellar wall

Wines of the week Natte Valleij, Axle Chenin Blanc 2024 Darling

Tamlyn Currin Friday 18 July 2025 • 1 min read

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How well have South African new-wave wines aged?

A blind tasting of 10-year-old wines from groundbreaking producers. Pictured above is the seminal tasting in 2015 where the UK...

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South African new-wave wines revisited

The first 'Steenwold' blind tasting took place last May in London. Above, the 2015 new-wave tasting booklets were pictured by...

Vanessa Cherruau in the Zerzilles parcel at Ch de Plaisance

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A dry white revolution in Anjou Noir

Long famed for sweet wines, this section of the Loire Valley is forging a new identity through dry Chenin Blanc...

Ted and Heidi Lemon with their first harvest at Littorai

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Littorai at 30 years

A look back – and forward – at one of Sonoma's most respected, conscientious winemakers. One of California’s most thoughtful...

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Fiefs Vendéens – journey to the end of the Loire

Wine writer, anthropologist and surfer Chris Howard is seduced by wines made where the Loire meets the ocean. Above, an...

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California Chenin Blanc

The most extensive tasting report on California Chenin Blanc ever. Above, a cluster of Chenin Blanc from Williams Selyem’s Vista...

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Loire at BBR

From Muscadet to Chinon to Sancerre, this Loire Valley wine tasting shows off the region’s diversity, energy and talent –...

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Château de Plaisance, L'Anjou Blanc 2021 Anjou

A dry Chenin made by a young woman breaking all the rules on the traditional and revered Hill of Chaume...

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Vincent Carême, Le Peu Morier 2020 Vouvray

Loire Chenin Blanc at its classiest, delicious now but well worth cellaring, too. From €24.80, £24, $38.95. Above, Chenin shamans...

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South African brilliance 2023 – sparkling, white, rosé

The young guns are not so young any more, which means their wines are better than ever. Above, the early...

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Decolonising the wine lexicon

30 March 2023 Malu Lambert’s article on the importance of inclusivity in wine language struck such a chord with readers...

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Loire Chenin Blanc – better than ever?

Current developments in Chenin’s birthplace and topical profiles of Domaines François Chidaine, Huet, Vincent Carême, aux Moines and Guiberteau. Loire...