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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 Growing grapes is often compared to raising a family. You nurture your offspring from infancy with tenderness and compassion. You...
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Inside information The Pinot Noir fruit in one crate weighs between 15 and 20 kilograms. The trusty tractor with a train of...
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Inside information At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on...
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Inside information 8am, Thursday 9 Oct 2008. Fields are still misty as the Kentish sunrise washes through the haze. It’s going to...
Inside information From Jim Trezise, the Energizer Bunny director of the New York Wine and Grape Foundation, comes word that a new...
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Inside information Where I live (Sonoma), one must shop long and hard to find a representative sampling of serious South African wines...
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Inside information Is what I describe as a ‘burnt rubber’ aroma or flavour in some – mainly less expensive – South African...
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Inside information Trust England to witness the headline 'Heavy Rain Brings Flood Warning' in the same week that the grape harvest begins...
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Inside information May-Eliane de Lencquesaing was not home when I visited her South African estate, Glenelly, in Stellenbosch last week, though her...
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Inside information The rabbit nets that caused me so much unbridled joy in YITV5 made a delightful re-appearance this week, returning to...
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Inside information Today we introduce a new contributor to JancisRobinson.com. Until recently Walter Speller was the wine buyer at Sir Terence Conran's...
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Inside information See related thread in Members' forum On Monday, Heston Blumenthal unveiled some brand new research into sherry and food-matching. His...
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Inside information Our intrepid sybarite correspondent Lindsay Hamilton, who retired from his co-ownership of Farr Vintners earlier this year, sends us another...
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Inside information With harvest fast approaching, there is a growing sense of anticipation in the vineyard. The weather for this final trimester...
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Inside information This Monday evening Richard Hemming has been granted an interview with world-famous chef and champion of science in the kitchen...
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Inside information Attentive readers of my recent Alsace 2007 tasting notes will have noticed that I was rather worried about how relatively...
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