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Harvest starts down under; Jackson Family news, pruning by kayak, French co-ops in crisis
Plus mining concerns buying vineyard land in Australia and Champagne’s CO 2 emission goals raised. Above, red lines show major flooding across western France in February. Before I get to...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 14 March 2026
• 1 min read
Wines of the week
Eric Rodez, Cuvée des Crayères Ambonnay Extra Brut Grand Cru NV Champagne
Not cheap but a good buy considering the flood of hedonistic flavour and texture in this organic and biodynamic champagne. From $57, £61.50. If Valentine’s Day Sweethearts were fortune cookies...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 13 March 2026
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Flooding in Bordeaux and Victoria, alleged bribery at Southern Glazer's, tariff update
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 March 2026
• 1 min read
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So why exactly are so many top French wine producers choosing to invest in American wineries? A much shorter version...
Free for all
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...
Wine news in 5
Also, a new crop of Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholars. Above, clockwise from top left: Kanchan Schindlauer, Emiliano Stratico...
Wine news in 5
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...
Wine news in 5
Plus a quick recap of the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards and harvest updates across the US and...
Wine news in 5
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...
Wine news in 5
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...
Wine news in 5
Plus a brazen wine fraud case, the bankruptcy of a major California company and potential sale of Gusbourne in England...
Wines of the week
This Chablis might make you a believer, too – and it costs no more than much younger examples. Starting at...
Wine news in 5
And, on a brighter note, Gigondas Blanc has arrived, and the Austrian digital wine atlas (shown above) just got even...
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