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Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging
Brunello farmers never knew what nature would throw at them next in 2025. Yet somehow they managed, even claiming that the vintage is better than 2024. Above, the view from...
Walter Speller
Monday 22 December 2025
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Bordeaux 2025 harvest report
James Lawther MW
Thursday 9 October 2025
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Phylloxera hits the Canaries, US alcohol consumption plummets, harvest 2025 starts
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 15 August 2025
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Written by Graham Nutter.
3 Dec - This article was originally entitled 'Minervois 2013 – a real surprise' but so...
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For more articles and tasting notes see our guide to Germany 2013. There are two ways of devising a vintage...
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For a burgeoning collection of articles and tasting notes on this very exciting vintage, see our guide to Germany 2012...
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It seems as though American vignerons were some of the few winners in 2012. See our profile of the author...
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Very hot, very dry, and very little – and prices are up. Although Italy has been buzzing with opinions and...
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If the word for 2011 in Spain was 'dry', for 2012 it's 'short'. Or maybe 'dry' too. Or could it...
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Graham Nutter, the owner of Ch St-Jacques d'Albas in the Minervois sends this rather depressing report. Our Australian winemaking consultant...
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See also Alder Yarrow on Prices and politics in California's 2012 harvest. To write a book on American wine, it...
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Official reports from the Rhône V alley are rather smug. In essence, 'we know the rest of France has been...
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