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From iron ore to flor in South Africa's wild west
On South Africa’s remote West Coast an unlikely fortified-wine revival is taking place. Malu Lambert reports. Saldanha’s castle is an improbable one. As you stream into the West Coast outpost...
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Thursday 11 December 2025
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Matching wine with Asian food, part 4 – floral/fragrant and citric
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Thursday 11 December 2025
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Southern Rhône vintage 2024 – an overview
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Monday 8 December 2025
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Initial reactions to the second-hottest Burgundy growing season of the last 75 years. Above, the view from Gevrey, over the...
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Washington's largest producer just became the premier player in Oregon wine.
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Though unpredictable weather has brought challenges to Washington, Oregon and California growers, a return to normal yields and deeper flavour...
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Chris Howard, winner of last year's wine writing competition, profiles the contemporary revival of Northland and the wineries of the...
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Winner of last year's wine writing competition Chris Howard reports on an atmospheric but rarely publicised corner of the wine...
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Arnica Rowan meets a powerful Mexican force in the Santa Ynez Valley in California's Central Coast. Seen here with friends...
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A Napa Valley leader makes quite a radical adjustment.
In spring of 2021 I met with winemaker Cory Empting at...
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Our Spanish specialist, seen above in a Jumilla vineyard, introduces us to the w onders of the Mediterranean coast's Monastrell...
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Why the new Regenerative Organic Certification (ROC) may be the gold standard of sustainable certifications. Troon in Oregon, above, is...
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Where wine meets non-fungible tokens. Necessary futuristic thinking?
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