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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 We are always being told that Burgundy has the most expensive vineyard land in the world (with the possible exception...
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Inside information Dolcetto, Piemonte's workhorse grape, has until now provided the region with early-ripening, easy-drinking reds. These characteristics have kept it firmly...
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Inside information I have passed the first year assessment! [Very many congratulations! JR] The end of last week brought the letter recommending...
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Inside information So much is in flux in the Golden State wine industry that I sometimes find myself anaesthetised to the daily...
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Inside information Yesterday we published a big second tranche of tasting notes on Germany's alluring 2009s, following on from a big first...
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Inside information The final Saturday afternoon session, and the last one I attended as I had to return to London early Sunday...
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Inside information I hope you are not thoroughly bored by my account of the recent Masters of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux. I...
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Inside information The second day of last week's Master of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux kicked off with a session on the emerging...
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Inside information Friday's final session was as meaty as the previous one on the merits of families versus corporations in the wine...
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Inside information A quiet tram whooshed me straight from the Hôtel de Ville lunch (I missed the symposium's lunch matching Sauternes with...
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Inside information Last week's Masters of Wine symposium in Bordeaux felt like a great success to me – a triumph of organisation...
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Inside information Patricia Stefanowicz MW, immediate past chairman of the competition and current judge, gives us the inside track on this year's...
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Inside information See these resulting tasting notes: Roero 2007s and 2006 Riservas Barbaresco 2007s and 2005 Riservas Barolo 2006 and 2004 Riservas...
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Inside information On the night of Wednesday 9 Jun thunderstorms, hail and torrential rains caused an estimated 20-30 million euros' worth of...
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Inside information This unprepossessing green sludge might just save the planet. It is algae being experimented with at Torres in Penedès, where...
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Inside information How curious that a conference with talks on hi-tech subjects such as sequestering carbon and glycosidic precursors is ultimately committed...
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