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Mercosur–EU trade talks, wildfire updates, Austria and Cava hit organic goals
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 6 September 2025
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Champagne news, hail hits the Loire, Barossa uproar, RIP Angela Muir MW
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Saturday 26 July 2025
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Hail and fires in France, Australian organics upset, a Burgundy–UK venture
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Saturday 12 July 2025
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Rains that (almost) never stopped are reported in Italy. 12 June 2019 Piero Lanza of the Poggerino estate in Gaiole...
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This year may well be a good one for those selling agrochemicals to the wine industry. Downy mildew, known simply...
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12 October 2016 A press release sent out by the BIVB Chablis yesterday confirmed that overall volumes will be down...
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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc sends this report on the 2015 vintage in Bordeaux so far. 'Come at the end...
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Wine writer and educator Young Shi commutes between London and Shanghai and represents my interests in China. She was rather...
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