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WWC25 – Listening to the new, by Natalia Pacheco
Sommelier Natalia Pacheco writes this informative entry to our 2025 wine writing competition on Souvignier Gris, a little-known variety that may have an important future. Natalia Pacheco writes I am...

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Wednesday 16 July 2025
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French interest in Japan wine
Japan gets its first foreign wine investor. This is the view from his new vineyard. See also Japan wine – some favourites. A shorter version of this article is published...

Jancis Robinson
Saturday 24 May 2025
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