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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
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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Every day, I write ‘Research Paper!’ at the top of my to-do list. It’s equivalent to David Cameron writing ‘eliminate...
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Winemaker Chris Boiling sends the second half of his report on the latest winemaking trends in a small country with...
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Winemaker Chris Boiling, who sent this report on the Famoso grape, sends this two-part report on the latest winemaking trends...
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This week we are featuring recent developments in Argentine wine. Below are some general observations about the current wine scene...
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12 Feb 2015 I thought it might be interesting to re-read this report written before the last grapes were picked...
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I spent much of the last few days in Chile tasting Chilean wines, deliberately focusing on the new. And what...
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Young Shi visited the southern Chilean wine region recently and was bowled over.
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