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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 Summary A very small harvest, marked by extreme weather conditions from drought and bushfire to frost and hail, with red...
Inside information Gathering information turned out to be even more difficult than I had anticipated and you may well find some gaps...
Inside information Barbera d'Asti and Barbera del Monferrato Superiore are to be designated DOCG from the 2008 vintage. This elevation to Italy's...
Inside information I’m now back in London from a whirlwind tour of duty-free Hong Kong, vibrant and cosmopolitan Shanghai, the wilds of...
Inside information Years ago at school when reliable catchers were needed for cricket, I was constantly being asked. To stay well out...
Inside information There may not have been many Spaniards in attendance – as Jancis recounts in Torres a lone Spaniard on climate...
Inside information I had the chance to re-taste Ch Montrose 2003 in Hong Kong and it was as it should be: very...
Inside information On Saturday I published a profile of a new white wine producer who has impressed me a great deal, Pierre-Yves...
Inside information Australian wine imports As I reported in Australia changes focus , Australia’s shortage of cheap wine and resultant repositioning has...
Inside information What’s brown and sticky? Oxidised grape must, such as that resulting from these Viognier grapes arriving at the winery where...
Inside information Christie’s were way ahead of Sotheby’s in the worldwide auction scene in 2007 although Sotheby’s pulled ahead of Christie’s in...
Inside information Keith Mugford of the prime Margaret River producer Moss Wood replies at length to some of my recent observations about...
Inside information At the winery where I work, everything is kept immaculately clean. With one exception: the staff [see example below –...
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Inside information As close students of the subject will know, not least because it has been discussed here and in associated articles...
Inside information Jamie Davies, the “grande dame” of Napa Valley’s Schramsberg Vineyards sparkling wine house, died Feb 12 at her Calistoga estate...
Inside information William Foley II, owner of Foley Estates Vineyard & Winery, Lincourt Vineyards and Firestone Vineyard in Santa Barbara County, and...
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