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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 On Friday I took part in one of the most heartening blind tastings for British Airways that I can remember...
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Inside information 21,000,000 is a lot of litres. To illustrate such mammoth volumes the customary reference is Olympic-sized swimming pools, but that...
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Inside information You may well be thoroughly bored by Bordeaux. But if you are at all interested in the world’s biggest fine...
Inside information See also David Gleave MW's update of the current, much discussed situation re Brunello 2003s back in Italy here...
Inside information The news that Barney Rhodes, 88, of Rutherford, Napa Valley, has passed on to the great cellar in the sky...
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Inside information Two very pleasant surprises at this week’s blind tasting of the Premiers Grands Crus Classés de St-Émilion: Ch Pavie was...
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