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Bordeaux 2025 – a pivotal en primeur campaign?
Nick Martin reflects as another en primeur campaign winds up. Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (pictured above) bundled a visit to the property with the en primeur purchase of their ‘variation case’ this...
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26 Aug – see new information below. See Going Dutch – the tasting notes.Last Saturday I took part in what...
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Every time we drive into the local town, we pass one of the biggest bulk wine suppliers of the region...
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Very much in line with my recent article How to publish your own wine book on self-publishing comes today's news...
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You may remember the laudable attempt by members of the International Riesling Federation – Riesling producers based mainly but not...
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Here in the Languedoc we have the world's oldest collection of vinyl. Our 19 year old has just asked me...
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Later that same day, Monty added the following: During today (Thursday) a number of people connected with Brunello have contacted...
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The 2009 primeur campaign is far from over in mainland China. We will be reporting at greater length on the...
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16 Jul – See these comments on Forbes.com from a Wine Spectator ex-staff member. Later that same day from J...
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I have long thought that vineyards and cellars are extremely vulnerable to criminal intent. Anyone with a grudge against an...
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[Also see David Schildknecht's notes for a winewriter's perspective from across the pond.]Biodynamics is so 2009. The very latest way...
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I spent much of Sunday as a barmaid – in the British Airways Executive Club tent at Taste of London...
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Reports that surfaced on 4 Jun that Sonoma's swank Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards & Winery was for sale have been...
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Late yesterday a very excited Stephen Browett, owner of Britain's biggest fine-wine trader Farr Vintners, sent a triumphant round-robin email...
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6 Jul – See full background on that '1880 port' .
On Wednesday I was treated to a trip down...
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Later that same day: See a paragraph added at the end comparing this place to Terroirs.Under the same management as...
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I was terrifically impressed by Ch Raymond Lafon 2009 Sauternes. I'm even more impressed by Jean-Pierre Meslier at Ch Raymond...
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