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Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging
Brunello farmers never knew what nature would throw at them next in 2025. Yet somehow they managed, even claiming that the vintage is better than 2024. Above, the view from...
Walter Speller
Monday 22 December 2025
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The Jancis Robinson Story, episode 7 – pressing
Richard Hemming MW
Sunday 21 December 2025
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Côte d'Or 2024 – after the misery, an overview
After extensive tasting and talking to producers up and down Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, Matthew surveys the vintage. Above, the tellingly empty cellars at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair in Vosne-Romanée. To...
Matthew Hayes
Friday 19 December 2025
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