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Beaujolais – drinking well indeed
Bien Boire (‘drinking well’) en Beaujolais is more fun than Bordeaux’s primeurs and offers plenty of excellent wines, reports Natasha Hughes MW. Above, a view out towards the Côte de...
Natasha Hughes MW
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A look at Anglo-French love through the lens of wine. Plus a guide to the UK’s fine-wine traders. A shorter...
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Plus some wine-scholarship opportunities and events and site news before the Wine News takes a break. Before I dive in...
Mission Blind Tasting
How to identify this characterful variety in its various guises, from Germany and elsewhere. Today’s lesson is devoted to one...
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Plus a new batch of WSET Diploma graduates, the latest on Trump’s tariffs, Pernod Ricard and Brown-Forman abandon merger talks...
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Same grape, different languages. Get to know its markers in its strongholds of Alsace, Italy, Oregon and New Zealand. For...
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From Alsace’s Rangen vineyard and Germany’s Ürziger Würzgarten to the volcanic fields of France’s Auvergne and Armenia’s highlands. Another cache...
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Under threat from the rising Mediterranean, Domaine de Vassal’s internationally renowned vinous heritage is finally being relocated, Louise Hurren reports...
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Parsing the wines from the world’s most archetypal Chardonnay appellations – just by paying attention to what’s in your glass...
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A duo of delicious, sustainably made, organically grown wines at incredibly affordable prices. From £11.79, $16.69. Much of the worry...
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Crisp, refreshing springtime sparklers, juicy reds and drool-worthy dessert wines not to miss. Above, the village of Olena in Tuscany...
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Plus new commercial-vineyard regulations in the country of Georgia and season updates from South Africa and Washington State. Above, Asti...
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The world’s most famous global winemaking consultant has died. Michel Rolland died yesterday at age 79. Raised at his family’s...
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Plus the effect of rising oil prices on the wine world, Argentina’s declining consumption, Germany’s changing export market, and a...
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Plus mining company buying vineyard land in Australia and Champagne’s CO 2 emission goals raised. Above, red lines show major...
Wines of the week
Not cheap but a good buy considering the flood of hedonistic flavour and texture in this organic and biodynamic champagne...
Wine news in 5
Also, news on Germany’s Henkell group buying out legendary Cava company Freixenet and legal challenges to France’s copper fungicide bans...
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