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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 October I reported on a blind tasting in London of notable non vintage-dated champagnes in which Krug Grande Cuvée...
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Just who is left aboard the good ship Petaluma? First its founder Brian Croser jumps ship and now its famed...
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Rodrigo's account of a recent meal in Brazil inspires the following extremely self-indulgent post which should on no account be...
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This story may be apocryphal but it rings true to me and illustrates how illuminating and valuable blind tasting can...
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Kemeny's ( www.kemenys.com.au), the largest independent wine retailer in Sydney and probably Australia, is currently offering free flights within Australia...
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Larry Stone, the Fulbright scholar, Maitre Sommelier (approved by the French) and Master Sommelier who was substantially responsible for the...
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There must be some red faces at certain wine merchants, I would imagine, now that the UK government has done...
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It would seem that at long last good quality German wine is making an impression on the UK market. AC...
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Just as James Halliday was delivering his fiery Wine Press Club Lecture last Friday, Gilbert Labour, our Australian dentist-cum-wine judge...
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Our most prolific and eloquent contributor to your turn has specifically requested that the following be given the dignity of...
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Here in Britain we have a high-profile tv programme called I'm a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here on...
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The Gospel according to Clive is not dead! While Clive Coates MW has moved to southern Burgundy and stopped publishing...
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When tasting a range of Berry Bros wines last week I came across a new addition to their own-label bordeaux...
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There is a rumour, and it's only a rumour, that wine may be withdrawn altogether from the new SIPPS provisions...
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Michel Laroche has made a major move into South Africa by acquiring L'Avenir winery and 70 ha of well-established Stellenbosch...
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The British nearly-monthly Decanter is very pleased to announce that it is launching a special dedicated Asian edition, the first...
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