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Ch Langoa Barton chai in May 2025
Free for all Making bordeaux better

How is the work of the ISVV transmitted to the châteaux? And how has it affected the wines? Plus, highlights at the top and bottom of Bordeaux’s ranks. A version...

Wanton at XO Kitchen
Bite-sized XO Kitchen, Norwich

Umami junkies, head east for jaw-achingly tasty fusion and a Honshu sour. Having garnered itself quite a reputation for clever pan-Asian reinterpretations, outgrowing its pub-kitchen roots into the bargain, XO...

chickens in the HJW vineyard at Hermann J Wiemer, Seneca Lake
Wines of the week Hermann J Wiemer, HJW Vineyard Riesling 2023, Seneca Lake

The dry white wine that established New York’s Finger Lakes as the Riesling mecca of the US. And it’s only gotten better. From $31.39, £39. Have a friend who says...

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Free for all Purple pager Ellen Kirsh first alerted me to a detailed survey of wine websites in Wednesday’s LA Times. You may...
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Wines of the week find this wine Even before the David Irving hullabaloo, I’d been having a very Austrian week, immersing my palate in...
Nick on restaurants From the vantage point of the maitre d’s desk all looked normal if hectic as we entered the restaurant. The...
Free for all Last December I had the chance to participate in the most comprehensive tasting of the quintessential Graves Domaine de Chevalier...
Free for all Later that same day: See major addition below. This is just in from the press office of Berry Bros &...
Wines of the week I’m flagging up this wine as it really is a stunning bargain and is on sale in the UK as...
Nick on restaurants Hotels have increasingly become recognisable by the restaurants they keep. Restaurants may be only one part of any hotel’s attractions...
Free for all Whenever southern France’s militant vignerons go on the rampage, as they do with regularity and surely increasing futility, they cite...
Free for all I have made myself distinctly unpopular with Him Who Cooks by arranging to be in the Loire on St Valentine’s...
Free for all Jeff Grier of the esteemed South African wine producer Villiera has long had a close relationship with the far south...
Wines of the week find this wine I’m having a Spanish week. Spent much of last Thursday listening to Alvaro Palacios of L’Ermita fame...
Free for all Visiting a wine producer near Perpignan in the far south of France last August, I was surprised to bump into...
Nick on restaurants It was an impressive gathering around the round table. There was a senior investment banker; a partner in a private...
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