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The greatest-ever champagne vintage?
A comparative tasting of champagne from the highly acclaimed 1996 vintage and the overshadowed 1995. And a daring way to remove a recalcitrant champagne cork. Was 1996 the greatest-ever champagne...
Andy Howard MW
Monday 15 December 2025
• 3 min read
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Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
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Alice Paillard is the fourth subject to be interviewed by Victoria Mason MW in a series of profiles of some...
Wine news in 5
Plus an update on harvest in France and a reminder to invite some friends over to celebrate Come Over October...
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So why exactly are so many top French wine producers choosing to invest in American wineries? A much shorter version...
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Joséphine Duffau-Lagarrosse is the winemaker at St-Émilion's Château Beauséjour, taking the reins as co-director with Prisca Courtin-Clarins in April 2021...
Travel tips
There's no surfing in south-east France, but surfer/philosopher/wine writer Chris Howard finds many other reasons to visit this little-known corner...
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Also, a new crop of Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholars. Above, clockwise from top left: Kanchan Schindlauer, Emiliano Stratico...
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Plus, a potential change to the laws governing Germany’s VDP estates to help them weather the fallout of spring’s devastating...
Book reviews
Hilarious, touching, mouth-watering and profound, Steve Hoffman's tale of six months in France is well worth reading.
A Season for...
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Plus a quick recap of the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards and harvest updates across the US and...
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And bad news for lovers of Santorini's stupendous wines. Above, one of the few crates of Assyrtiko eked out of...
Nick on restaurants
An unlikely location and concept for what The New Yorker described recently as ‘the hottest restaurant in France’.
Les Grands...
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Plus an update on Treasury Wine Estates’ restructuring and a curious case of €650,000-worth of stolen burgundy. Above, Montes' vineyard...
Wine news in 5
Plus relief for British Columbia wineries reeling from this winter’s devastating freeze; a new super-light sparkling wine bottle and news...
Drinks not wine
Savouring the Auld Alliance in liquid and stimulating form. Above, a Demptos cask, one of many types used to mature...
Nick on restaurants
The pleasure of trackside dining in the western Languedoc. Above, Tania Monnou of L’Art & Gourmand.
If you ever find...
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Plus a brazen wine fraud case, the bankruptcy of a major California company and potential sale of Gusbourne in England...
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