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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 In More Pinots, inc burgundies, Jancis mentioned a compound called cineole, currently being investigated by the Australian Wine Research Institute...
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Inside information Written by Sarah Ahmed. If Menetou Salon, Quincy and Reuilly are the poor relations of Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé, spare...
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Inside information My hard disc is groaning with pictures of vineyards. Trellised to terraced, sunbaked to moonlit, verdurous to naked. When I...
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Inside information I was back amidst the vines this week after an enforced four week hiatus. The enforcement was entirely beyond my...
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Inside information Bordeaux-based writer Jane Anson reports. Two leading Bordeaux châteaux have announced plans to build new wineries on their estates. Both...
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Inside information It may seem difficult to believe that spring is on its way in Britain, but Ascot Racecourse is dangling the...
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Inside information The governmental body of the province of Piemonte which is responsible for all matters and regulations concerning viticulture, Il Comitato...
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Inside information While I was in Central Otago in the south of New Zealand recently, I met Robin Dicey of Mt Difficulty...
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Inside information Many of us who buy fine wine regularly want to buy or sell small quantities of mature wines, but the...
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Inside information The French Conseil d’État, France’s highest admininstrative court, has annulled the decree which legally established Vignobles de France (literally, 'vineyards...
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Inside information See my tasting notes . Yesterday in London a small New Zealand wine region pitted its wines against the very...
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Inside information Before embarking on the recent Southwold 2005 tastings, I imagined that some of the wines might have started to retreat...
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Inside information Angelo Gaja, whose estate hasn’t even got a website, recently seized the opportunity to reflect online with the help of...
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Inside information After a week in the Serra Gaucha wine region of Brazil, I have two particularly noteworthy things to report –...
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Inside information See tasting notes on 2005 Amarones by the score To judge by production and sales statistics, the Veneto's richest red...
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Inside information All the talk between wine people has been of the exceptional Australian heatwave that has been ravaging the country and...
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