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A 21st-century A–Z of wine, part 1
The first of a three-part alphabet of wine highlighting aspects of the wine world virtually unknown in the last century. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
Jancis Robinson
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Goodbye cork taint – hello, halo taint
It’s not just corks that can make a wine smell musty. Newly minted MW Kathleen Van den Berghe explores haloanisoles in wine. (Image by Dragana Gordic via Shutterstock.) The topic...
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Ten common myths about wine
Recently, Jancis was asked by the Financial Times to list some of the most common misperceptions about wine. While we know that you, dear reader, don't believe any of the...
Jancis Robinson
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The first 'Steenwold' blind tasting took place last May in London. Above, the 2015 new-wave tasting booklets were pictured by...
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Fifteen Verget white burgundies like these and 10 more wines were served blind in pairs ... Why? A version of...
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A rare chance to compare as many as 25 wines with different closures, largely thanks to Jean-Marie Guffens of Verget...
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Which is the better stopper for wine bottles, cork or screwcap? A shorter version of this article is published by...
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After 20 years' devotion to screwcaps in Australia, there are signs of a little push-back.
Is cork making a comeback...
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Portugal's most famous table wine sees the light of day, at 10 years old.
Barca Velha is such an iconic...
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30 December 2021 See a submission from Flextanks added to the end of this article.
6 March 2021 See a...
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Ramifications of carbon-emission considerations. Glass v the rest. Rail v air. And more.
On Saturday, in Glass dimissed?, I put...
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7 March 2019 We're republishing this 14-year-old article in response to a plea from a fellow Master of Wine, Cassidy...
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If like me you are a bit geeky in your love of wine, you might like to know a bit...
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21 August 2017 See an interesting addition at the bottom of this article. See also More on Diam published today...
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22 June Purple Pager Malcolm Lamont contacted us from Canada to say that ReCORK has a cork collection box at...
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20 October 2016 Questions of bottle variation and resulting score variability are, not surprisingly, a perennial topic on this site...
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18 August 2016 Just look at when the article below was published – almost exactly FIFTEEN YEARS AGO! And how...
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For the background to this Alentejo trip, see The Alentejo on a plate. See also Richard’s article on the cork...
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The purest, most gut-wrenching conflicts involve only two opponents. Rarely do spectators remain unmoved in a fight between two. It...
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