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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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Last March, just after my colleague Tim Atkin MW had been presented with the International Wine Communicator of the Year...
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On Saturday, when as fellow Englanders will know the weather was perfect, Nick and I had the great pleasure of...
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Wine lovers may have to start examining their ecological consciences. In the UK at least there are official moves afoot...
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As a follow up to my long article on wine fraud, you may be interested to know about Christie’s April...
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Why is it that New Zealand is such a common battleground for the holy war being waged between advocates and...
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Two days in to the 2007 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show in South Africa, I’ve just had a most interesting...
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‘The other Frédéric’ at Ch Latour, winemaker Frédéric Ardouin, has been fired, president Frédéric Engerer told me yesterday. “He will...
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Yesterday, in a suite on the top floor of Claridge’s, Bernard Magrez was over from Bordeaux with his team of...
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We have the first significant set of prices for 2006 Bordeaux now – as usual from the relatively moderate house...
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Tasting the Bordeaux primeurs is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. If you aim to be at all comprehensive, as...
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Spanish wine really must be hot. I’ve been to two fine wine tasting lunches in the last few days with...
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Friday’s Culinary Institute of America Vintners Hall of Fame dinner in St Helena honoured Robert Mondavi, departed pioneers André Tchelistcheff...
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Ernest Gallo is not only gone, he’s also been forgotten, at least by the group that selected the first members...
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As is well known, my assistant Julia Harding MW is amazing in all sorts of ways – not least for...
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Just received the following from Nigel Greening of Felton Road, arguably New Zealand’s most admired Pinot Noir producer: “I felt...
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Insurance is not generally one of the more exciting aspects of wine but today’s news from insurance brokers Aon is...
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