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The cross-Channel special relationship
A look at Anglo-French love through the lens of wine. Plus a guide to the UK’s fine-wine traders. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Jancis Robinson
• 9 min read
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My day in the vineyard this week felt like a grey-scale rendered version of reality. A heavy slate sky had...
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Three months have now passed since I started as a vineyard worker at Gusbourne Estate. During those months I have...
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The weeks after harvest plod on like a protracted hangover. There is a deadened sense of pace at Gusbourne Estate...
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The Pinot Noir fruit in one crate weighs between 15 and 20 kilograms. The trusty tractor with a train of...
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8am, Thursday 9 Oct 2008. Fields are still misty as the Kentish sunrise washes through the haze. It’s going to...
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Trust England to witness the headline 'Heavy Rain Brings Flood Warning' in the same week that the grape harvest begins...
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The rabbit nets that caused me so much unbridled joy in YITV5 made a delightful re-appearance this week, returning to...
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With harvest fast approaching, there is a growing sense of anticipation in the vineyard. The weather for this final trimester...
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Economics were on my mind when I went for my weekly shift at the vineyard last Friday. It was on...
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This week at the vineyard, I was removing fishnet stockings from female legs. That, at least, is what I was...
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This week at the vineyard, the work was exactly the same as last week. To wit: tying young vines on...
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This week at the vineyard I witnessed two remarkable things. The first was a cunning piece of viticultural technology called...
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I have a new skill to add to my CV: 'proficient with Gripples (all sizes)'. The Gripple (pictured below) is...
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