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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
Also, news on Germany’s Henkell group buying out legendary Cava company Freixenet and legal challenges to France’s copper fungicide bans. Before I get to global news, I would like to...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 March 2026
• 1 min read
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Robin Haworth writes: 'I am Paris-based and work in oil and gas. There are parallels between oil & wine, two...
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The next (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is from Alex Hill: 'I’m Alex. Like many in the...
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Robert Stanier is no stranger to our writing competitions, nor to our Members' forum, but for those who don’t know...
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Introducing her entry to our 2020 writing competition, Anna Hickson writes, 'My name is Anna and I hold the level...
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Roderick Smith MW offers us a deliciously escapist taste of Nice wine, together with these atmospheric images of Bellet.
As...
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Engaged Purple Pager Jonathan Reeve, author of How to abstain (and author of a useful guide to wine tourism which...
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A little French wine region with an explosive opportunity. See also my 40+ tasting notes. In this article I focus...
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A wallow in hand-picked wines from the French alps, courtesy of a hard-working author and publisher.
Wink Lorch should be...
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Dreaming of making wine in France? French bureaucracy is quite a hurdle to overcome, as Jamie Hutchinson of The Sampler...
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True value identified.
You may remember that one of my August rituals is a fine-wine tasting organised by my neighbour...
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An unexpected result from a blind comparison of vintage-dated Bolly ... plus a short report on yesterday's UK launch of...
Nick on restaurants
In my first book The Art of The Restaurateur (Phaidon, 2012), I profiled 20 top restaurateurs from around the world...
Nick on restaurants
I just wonder, is France on the turn? I speak in the gastronomic sense, of course, and my rhetorical question...
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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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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc in Bordeaux (where this picture of a sparse 2017 crop was taken) sends this report...
Nick on restaurants
France’s borders have been penetrated by Italian food just as effectively as those of the UK, Australia, New Zealand and...
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