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Bordeaux’s new cru bourgeois lists, Trump tariffs and funding freezes, UK budget impacts
And news of the passing of Campanian trailblazer Walter Mastroberardino, shown above with his children Daniela and Paolo. Before I get to global news, a few fun things from our...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 15 February 2025
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Austria's Erste Lage dilemma
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 27 September 2023
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A supplement to our earlier reports on Bordeaux 2020 crus classés in bottle, both left bank reds and whites and...
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No one in the UK is more knowledgeable about the conscientious machinations of Austria's long-term plan to classify its best...
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The Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc have just announced their new, five-year classification. The big change is that this...
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14 February 2019 Our Throwback Thursday offering today is this two-year-old article about Austria by Julia to complement today's tasting...
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The news from the world of Austrian wines last October was the creation of a tenth DAC. Schilcherland is an...
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Germany's VDP association of top wine growers recently published this list of superior vineyard sites and they are currently working...
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Sometimes I take part in tastings that seem so important, I worry about doing them justice. This is one of...
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Austria's Traditionsweingüter don't stand still for long, as I found out at their recent substantial tasting of the 2015 vintage...
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Out with Neusiedlersee-Hügelland and Mittelburgenland, in with Ried, or single vineyard. These and other long-discussed amendments to Austrian wine names...
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For the fruits of one approach to vineyard classification, see my tasting notes on 117 Austrian Rieslings and Grüner Veltliners...
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This article is the second in an irregular season of features written by previous winners of the Young Wine Writer...
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