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Rioja at 100 – a personal look
Ferran finds Rioja as vibrant as it has ever been over its hundred-year existence as Spain’s preeminent wine region. In 2025, Rioja celebrated its centenary, and to mark the anniversary...
Ferran Centelles
Friday 6 March 2026
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Santorini – investing in the future
The race to revive Santorini’s vineyards – and the challenges its winemakers are up against – in a time of crisis. Above, Sigalas’s Monachogios vineyard in Oia. It’s astonishing that...
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 4 March 2026
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Erbamat – Franciacorta's future?
Walter Speller
Wednesday 18 February 2026
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To conclude last week's series of reports based on my recent visit to Australia, including tasting notes on over 350...
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The 2016 vintage in...
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