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Vineyards of Domaine Vaccelli on Corsica

Once on the fringes, Corsica has emerged as one of France’s most compelling wine regions. Paris-based writer Yasha Lysenko explores the island’s new identity. Above, the vineyards of Domaine Vaccelli...

Guest contributor Wednesday 21 January 2026 • 19 min read

Wine news in 5 Fires in South Africa, Australia and Argentina, FB bans, state of the US wine industry report

Samantha Cole-Johnson Friday 16 January 2026 • 1 min read

Inside information The map is not the terroir – Normandy as a wine region

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Bollinger Grande Année vertical – blind

An unexpected result from a blind comparison of vintage-dated Bolly ... plus a short report on yesterday's UK launch of...

Nick on restaurants

Troisgros and the art of bienveillance

In my first book The Art of The Restaurateur (Phaidon, 2012), I profiled 20 top restaurateurs from around the world...

Nick on restaurants

France's restaurants – a brighter future?

I just wonder, is France on the turn? I speak in the gastronomic sense, of course, and my rhetorical question...

Tasting articles

A taste of Raeburn

Zubair Mohamed started selling wine at the back of his father's florist shop in Edinburgh in 1984. According to the...

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France’s shrunken 2017 vintage – 10 considerations

Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc in Bordeaux (where this picture of a sparse 2017 crop was taken) sends this report...

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Barolo with French cuisine

France’s borders have been penetrated by Italian food just as effectively as those of the UK, Australia, New Zealand and...

Book reviews

Book reviews – politics, history and religion

For links to all of Tam's reviews of wine books published in 2016, see this guide . 19 January 2017...

Marques and Coop cooperateurs at the tasting at Quilon Indian restaurant in the Taj Hotel

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Co-operative efforts

A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See my tasting notes. Almost half of all the...

Tasting articles

A new co-operative society adds spice

See also Co-operative efforts. Life has been tough for France's wine co-operatives recently but a dozen of them have decided...

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Judgment of Paris – a 40th anniversary re-run

Steven Spurrier has been extremely busy this year attending various 40th anniversary re-runs around the world of the famous Judgment...

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Italians, forget the French!

A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The mainstream press love a wine spat...

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Jancis honoured by the French

Jancis Robinson has been a Master of Wine since 1984. An honorary doctorate from the Open University added a D...

Tasting articles

Tour de France in seven Pinots

The Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration in New Zealand usually offers delegates – local producers, Pinot-enamoured consumers and journalists alike...