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Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 14 February 2026
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New French grape variety, Argentina's falling exports, UK's rising wine taxes
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Saturday 7 February 2026
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The map is not the terroir – on Brittany
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Wednesday 4 February 2026
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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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28 June 2023 The Old Vine Registry has just been launched! See this article for background.
9 February 2023 Exciting...
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Ecological economics, the theory and practice of disruptive, sustainable economic systems such as degrowth economics, is something we’re going to...
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Graham Nutter from Ch St-Jacques d'Albas details an eventful – and potentially terrific – vintage in his corner of the...
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A 600-ha estate in the northern Corbières is being ambitiously and ecologically transformed by Aymeric Izard and Anne Besse, seen...
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Later on 12 September In last week's old-vine article Tam wrote about Domaine Jones based in Fitou on the southern...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
If proof were needed that wine is a subjective...
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This submission to our 2022 wine writing competition takes us to Alsace, where some producers are exploring the regenerative role...
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This submission to our WWC22 competition describes the regeneration of a winery in Saussignac, south-west France. See our WWC22 guide...
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30 June 2022 We republish this useful guide in our Throwback Thursday series, for wine lovers descending on Burgundy this...
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What's worth drinking from La Belle France at the moment? Above, the end of a day's harvest at Dom St-Gayan...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
I wonder whether curious wine lovers realise how...
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Later Promising young enterprise Stakhovsky Wines in Zakarpattia, western Ukraine, set up by Ukraine's top tennis player, desperately needs 36,000...
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