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Loire regains its gloire
Jancis revels in the glorious 2025 Loire vintage, and her tasting of dry whites identifies some excellent 2024s, too. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 7 February 2026
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New French grape variety, Argentina’s falling exports, UK’s rising wine taxes
Also, Concha y Toro set to purchase Provence estate Mirabeau (shown above); an update on Facebook’s recent recommendation bans and on New Zealand mining projects, and the passing of five...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 February 2026
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