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Fires in South Africa, Australia and Argentina, FB bans, state of the US wine industry report
Plus an update on France’s ban on copper-containing fungicides for organic viticulture. Above, fire in South Africa’s Overberg, sent by Malu Lambert. As far as site news this week, our...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 16 January 2026
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The map is not the terroir – Normandy as a wine region
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Thursday 15 January 2026
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A new wine communicator award from 67 Pall Mall is a bright spot among continued reports of unrest in France...
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Olivier Faucon of Mas Combarèla, pictured above, is just one of so many over-achievers in France's most extensive wine region...
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Current Paris resident Chris Howard takes us by the hand and explains that a directionless stroll is preferable to a...
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Jon Bonné goes far deeper than wine in his newest book, published earlier this year. The New French Wine Redefining...
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In this enlightening entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, historian and wine writer Charlie Leary writes about his favourite...
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The last of a three-part series on sustainable wine touring in the Languedoc from Louise Hurren. Here she focuses on...
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In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, English vicar, long-standing Purple Pager and regular contributor to our Members'...
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A vegetable-dominated, all-female enterprise in the hills of the Haut-Languedoc has won great acclaim. Nick went to investigate. Image above...
Travel tips
The second of a three-part series on sustainable wine touring in the Languedoc from Louise Hurren, a wine communicator who...
Nick on restaurants
In a follow-on from From Paris to the Med Nick recommends a simple but satisfying restaurant in Burgundy and one...
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This entry to our 2023 wine writing competition is by professor and wine expert Nathalie Spielmann, who writes about Fabrice...
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This Alsace-based biodynamic group is growing in size and stature, gathering top names in wine from all corners of France...
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With water in short supply, Roussillon's vintners are planning ahead. Above, one of Treloar's old-vine vineyards showing verdant ground cover...
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Despite abundant sun and warmth and a distinct lack of water, Roussillon's best wines stand out for their freshness and...
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Quite a collection of minimal-input wines here – mainly French but do take a look at the Spanish ones. Above...
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