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Shadows over northern California
Demand, and prices, are falling. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the view from Smith Madrone on Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain in early November...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 27 December 2025
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Wines to squirrel away
Some wine really does get better with age, and not all of it is expensive. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. One of...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 20 December 2025
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Sweet and strong wines for the 2025 festive season
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 13 December 2025
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Penfolds red wine re-corking clinic 2004 Check your investment Penfolds of Australia is providing its collectors with the chance to...
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The Hague, Brussels, London, Copenhagen; Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, London. Over the last two weeks two vast caravanserais of prominent Bordeaux...
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Here is what is said about Ch Lafleur. Robert Parker, America’s leading wine critic: “one of the most distinctive, most...
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