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France's copper limits challenge organics, California fruit left unpicked, Douro oversupply
Plus news of the AIV’s appeal to the UN, harvest updates, a Gallo acquisition, surging wine imports in India. And an invitation to join us for dinner. View this post...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 20 September 2025
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There's a delicious irony in the Douro's magic. Just when you and the vines are seeking relief from the heat...
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For the background to the magical Douro Valley and the recent wine revolution within it, see Julia's article yesterday on...
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It may no longer be brand new but the New Douro is still a young movement compared with the Douro’s...
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5 January 2017 We're republishing this group of Tam's wonderfully thorough wine-book reviews free today as part of our regular...
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The organisers of the New Douro tasting in London's Soho on Monday 7 November are offering Purple Pagers a 50%...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also yesterday's array of tasting notes on 39...
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Instead of delving into our archives as we usually do on Thursdays, we are publishing this hot-off-the-press harvest report kindly...
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What better day to publish these notes on the Douro's impressive range of table wines, both red and white, than...
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Casa Ferreirinha's Reserva Especial 2007 from the Douro has just been released, the culmination of a drawn-out and painful decision...
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Bruno Prats, father of Jean-Guillaume and once proprietor of Ch Cos d’Estournel in Bordeaux, was in London recently to show...
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