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New French grape variety, Argentina's falling exports, UK's rising wine taxes
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 February 2026
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Wildfires in Chile, New Zealand floods, South Africa starts harvest, Prosecco sales strong
Also: the WHO calls for raised alcohol taxes; more tariff drama; Champagne sales decline, and protests continue at Moët Hennessy. Above, fires still rage in South Africa. Photo by David...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 23 January 2026
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Fires in South Africa, Australia and Argentina, FB bans, state of the US wine industry report
Plus an update on France’s ban on copper-containing fungicides for organic viticulture. Above, fire in South Africa’s Overberg, sent by Malu Lambert. As far as site news this week, our...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 16 January 2026
• 1 min read
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You may remember that in early February I was in southern Chile and saw the terrible effects of the late-January...
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Maximiliano Morales of AndesWines.com reports on truly exceptional weather in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile. See also pictures below...
Nick on restaurants
Nick recalls a day in Santiago before the terrible recent rains in this article published by the Financial Times...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See Mainly Itata for relevant tasting notes. ‘It’s...
Tasting articles
As Richard wrote recently in Chile runs wild and I outlined a couple of years ago in The new Chile...
Tasting articles
See also this more recent account From the frontline of Chile's fires. Until November last year, my most recent encounters...
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2 February Encouraged by Purple Pager Wink Lorch, we are today republishing free Derek Mossman Knapp’s account of the terrible...
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Number 20 in our series of entries from our wine writing competition comprises two entertaining entries from Jonathan Bates, who...
Wines of the week
From €5.99, $6.99, £5.50, AU$11.40, 58 Chinese yen, 6.90 Swiss francs Find this wine During this holiday season you are...
Tasting articles
See also my wine of the week Errázuriz Sauvignon Blanc, the tasting note for which is included below. There's an...
Tasting articles
On London's hottest September day since 1911 (34.4 °C/94 ºF) – the same day that Jancis was barefoot at the...
Inside information
Maximiliano Morales writes from Chile about dramatic increases in grape prices in parts of the long, narrow country. Chile’s old-vine...
Wines of the week
From £11.49, €13.35, 100 Danish krone, CA$19.95, 17.50 Swiss francs, 6,100 Hungarian forints, 3,660 yen Find this wine (Note that...
Tasting articles
The quality of Chilean wine has improved enormously over the last 10 years or so. As I wrote in a...
Inside information
Marcelo Papa, winemaker for Chilean behemoth Concha y Toro, has a willingness to reveal all the detail and thinking behind...
Tasting articles
See this guide to our assemblages. Jancis writes This latest assemblage of our fairly recent tasting notes groups together more...
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