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Great pairings – so many to choose from! A big thank you to all from Team JR. This year’s wine writing competition has broken all records, with more than 400...

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Lafite Rothschild harvest 2024
Free for all Gavin Quinney of Château Bauduc shares his annual, detailed review of the growing season in Bordeaux and looks at how...
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Nick on restaurants The northern home of Manchester United and Manchester City is now a mecca for the hungry. See also Jancis's report...
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Wine news in 5 Plus news on a new sherry regulation that Jerez winemakers are not racing to embrace, and a decline in wine-drinking...
Alonso del Yerro in Ribera del Duero
Free for all Some of the country's finest single-estate wines. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Manni Nössing Kerner vineyard
Wines of the week The first bottle emptied is always the tastiest. This vibrant white, discovered at an MW seminar, is a case in...
Peter and Stella Sichel
Free for all 28 February 2025 We’re republishing this article today as a tribute to Peter M F Sichel, who died peacefully on...
Lemons and dill
Free for all Tam takes Wines of Ukraine's 'just one bottle' campaign and runs with it, creating six nights of incredible excuses to...
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Nick on restaurants Oranges plucked from the tree, tajines, pigeon pastillas, donkeys and suede jackets made to measure for a song. What's not...
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Wine news in 5 And a curious investment in Constellation Brands by multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. Above, new MWs clockwise from top left: Amanda...
Julien and Sophie Schaal
Free for all A bi-hemispherical operation worth following. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also...
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Free for all Congratulations to the new MWs, announced today by the Institute of Masters of Wine – including a regular contributor to...
Entree to Ch Bastor-Lamontagne
Wines of the week An exceptional sweet wine made especially irresistible at the price. From £21.76, €27.60 and $264 a case of six bottles...
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Free for all The importance of forming coalitions – especially now, especially in the wine, spirits and hospitality industries – by Christian Holthausen...
Bins of deep purple pinot noir bunches in bins pulled by tractor at Brian Croser's estate in South Australia's Piccadilly Valley
Don't quote me Brian Croser of Tapanappa in the Piccadilly Hills reports on an extraordinarily early – yet promising – harvest. Above, bins...
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Nick on restaurants Three surprising restaurants in Estelle Manor, an ambitious, newish establishment outside Oxford. We feel very favourably towards the (very) private...
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Free for all A word of advice: give 2021 red bordeaux a wide berth. See also Jancis’s tasting articles on whites, right-bank reds...
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