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Azenhas do Mar, Portugal
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The wines of this Portuguese region are emerging from the shadows of their history. Above, Azenhas do Mar in Colares. Come back tomorrow for wine reviews and producer details. Four...

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Inside information ‘Duh-duh-durr-durrrrr; duh-d-duh-duh-durrrr; ‘duh-duh-durr-durrrrr, duh-d-duh-duh-duh-duh-durr.’ - The Final Countdown, Europe. Epic Records, 1986. Five weeks until the exam. Which is the...
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Inside information 25 Apr – Our competition for Purple Pagers to win two £40 tickets to Bibendum's tasting of Bordeaux 2011s at...
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Inside information Written by Edward Ragg. In 2007 Fongyee Walker and I took the plunge and moved from the UK to Beijing...
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Inside information The campaign was predicted to be early and some relatively minor wines were indeed released yesterday. Hold on for more...
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Inside information There were 272 wines scoring 17 or above in March, from all four corners of the Wineiverse. A selection of...
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Inside information I’m starting to sound like a stuck record. I’m starting to sound like a stuck record. The role of luck...
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Inside information Gareth Skidmore lives in Burgundy, where he works as a translator and teaches wine-business English to Burgundians. St-Romain – a...
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Inside information Yesterday saw a posse of national and international media teams assembled to witness the first vines being planted (see the...
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Inside information Back in January we asked how interested you were in the Bordeaux 2011 primeurs. In Bordeaux 2011 survey – the...
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Inside information Just under one third of the 718 tasting notes uploaded into our database in February earned a score of 17...
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Inside information An embarrassment of riches – that is how it felt to be submerged for a whole week in the best...
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Inside information Never before has a bootcamp had such soft furnishings. Last month’s seminar for MW candidates who are resitting the practical...
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Inside information Today Walter turns his attention to Brunello di Montalcino, with an overview of this year's controversies and an introduction to...
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Inside information This is the first in a series of articles this week on Tuscan wines. See here for the tasting notes...
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Inside information 'Maury sweet and dry' is the strapline announcing the recent changes to the Maury appellation in Roussillon in the far...
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Inside information 'At the level we are, it’s much easier for quality to go down than up', said Paul Pontallier, the general...
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