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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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Zuni anchovy classic
Nick on restaurants Nick visits Napa classics Mustards Grill and Auberge du Soleil and checks in to the newer Charlie’s, before fitting in...
Swig Italian tasting
Free for all At the tasting shown above, UK wine professionals were introduced to alternatives to Barolo and Brunello et al. A slightly...
Ch Lafite harvest 2023
Free for all Ahead of the en primeur tastings, Gavin Quinney of Château Bauduc presents a detailed review of the 2023 growing season...
Ignacio Ameztoi and his father drink Txakoli out of porron.
Wines of the week Effervescent, fruity, saline, mineral, low-alcohol and reasonably priced … what's not to like? Find this Spanish refresher from €9.95, £15.25...
white harvest at Agape
Free for all London-based, Hungarian-born wine writer Lilla O’Connor takes a journey through Romania's Banat region, where ancient vineyards are entering a new...
This photograph taken on March 31, 2024, shows a view of flooded vineyards due to the overflowing of the Vienne river, in Chinon, western France. More than a hundred people were evacuated from their homes in Indre-et-Loire and Vienne, and a kayaker was reported missing in Haute-Vienne, following heavy river flooding in west-central France since March 30, 2024. (Photo by Pascal LACHENAUD / AFP) (Photo by PASCAL LACHENAUD/AFP via Getty Images)
Wine news in 5 A new study suggests that local fungi fare better than fungicides when combating grapevine-trunk diseases, Majestic acquires Vagabond, and other...
Tartine breakfast San Francisco
Nick on restaurants The city has changed, but there is no shortage of good things to eat, such as the breakfast above at...
German wine cellar
Free for all This follows similar guidance on Bordeaux, the rest of France and Italy. A rather shorter version of this article is...
Bibiana of Alma de Cattleya by the Pacific
Wines of the week A promising winemaker and a promising California Pinot f rom $27.98, JP¥ 5,428 or £ 32. I was very taken...
Brian Croser checks the freshly harvested grapes in the 2024 harvest
Free for all Brian Croser sends a first-hand report from Tapanappa in the Piccadilly Valley on a small but promising harvest. Above, Croser...
Crabshakk spread
Nick on restaurants ... and why you should have no qualms about ordering fish on a Monday. This week has been mainly about...
Cork oaks stripped for corkk production APCOR
Free for all Which is the better stopper for wine bottles, cork or screwcap? A shorter version of this article is published by...
Antonio Madeira Os Granitos vineyard
Wines of the week A returnee to Portugal’s Dão wine region rediscovers his own roots and makes superbly pure and elegant wines that show...
Old Vine Hero Awards logos
Free for all Celebrating the people and organisations at the front lines of old-vine preservation. The 2024 Old Vine Heroes were revealed yesterday...
Ben Warner of benugo
Nick on restaurants A business launched on the quality of its sandwiches. Above, the Ben (Warner) of Benugo. His brother supplied the other...
cow divided into cuts of beef
Free for all Advice for carnivores, especially those who are not that keen on red wine. A much shorter version of this article...
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