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Ronan Sayburn MS, Sarah Abbott MW and Hannah Tovey at Icons tastings 2026
Free for all Tasting top Chardonnays blind

Take 27 Chardonnay ‘icons’ from around the world and serve them up to 18 accredited tasters … A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See...

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Wines of the week Domäne Wachau 2025 Terrassen Grüner Veltliner Federspiel, Wachau

Summer dreams in a limy, zesty white wine from Austria, from €9.90, £18.37, $19.99 . Above, the Kellerberg vineyard, one of the sources for the Terrassen Grüner Veltliner, pictured in...

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Free for all 400+ entrants in our 2026 wine writing competition

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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Free for all In this submission to our 2024 wine writing competition, Elise Penney writes about the moment that set her on the...
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Free for all In this submission to our 2024 wine writing competition, carpenter Luke Haughton writes about his discovery of the wonders of...
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Free for all 3 September 2024 We have selected a shortlist of 20 from the 60 published entries in this year’s wine writing...
Paolo De Marchi casts an expert eye over the Isole e Olena vineyards.  photo is author's own
Free for all Wine educator Emilie Aspeling writes this WWC24 entry about the unforgettable experience of meeting Chianti icon Paolo de Marchi. See...
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Free for all In this WWC24 entry, wine-bar owner Zoe Fisher writes about the unconventional experience of drinking a bottle of Meursault at...
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Free for all Freelance wine writer and educator Jason Millar writes this entry to the WWC24 about the unforgettable memory of sharing a...
Gavin Rankin of Bellamy's
Nick on restaurants Nick wishes this friendly, classic London establishment another 20 years. Above, Gavin Rankin, the man behind its success. Anybody who...
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Free for all In this bittersweet entry to our 2024 wine writing competition, writer and artist Allyson Noman writes about a moment of...
LCBO headquarters
Wine news in 5 Many winemakers have agreed to reduce bottle weights; will they now agree to a standardised bottle? And will bottle manufacturers...
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Free for all In this submission to our 2024 wine writing competition, Kate Burns, author of shortlisted WWC22 entry Regeneration: The Canadian Way...
Katrina Butler's cellar in Australia
Free for all No shortage of underpriced, ageworthy gems here. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
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Free for all In today's 2024 wine writing competition entry, writer and wine retailer Christy Frank describes the magical moment of drinking pet-nat...
Pierre Bories at Chateau Ollieux Romanis photo by Céline Deschamps
Wines of the week These Languedoc rosés pack in more value than any Provence pinks we’ve tasted this year. Above, Pierre Bories, the man...
Jamet 2001, bottled and stored at the domaine, then labelled in 2024. Photo by Richard Lane
Free for all In this entry to our 2024 wine writing competition, wine lover Richard Lane writes about the unforgettable experience of tasting...
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Free for all We were thrilled to receive a record 211 submissions to our 2024 wine writing competition. After a preliminary round of...
JR and the Precision wine glass
Free for all A new, more affordable version is launched. I am immensely proud of my delicate Original mouth-blown wine glass, a joint...
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