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Lisboa by the bottle
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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Julia Harding MW wrote this useful explanatory article in 2003 when £1.19 excise duty was charged on every bottle of...
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Ch Lafite is renovating its cellars and chais for only the fifth time in its history. This follows dramatic renovation...
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Fellow Master of Wine Igor Ryjenkov of Toronto has sent me the following interesting observations on the effects and incidence...
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After a hiatus following the departure of long-term winemaker John Durham from Cape Mentelle, the LVMH subsidiary will take on...
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As I wrote in wine news last Saturday, the range offered by the most powerful retailers in the UK (many...
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Purple pager James Stark of Sheffield reports that he was able to buy the delicious Charles Heidsieck Mis en Cave...
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The Carignan vine tends to divide wine drinkers. You either love it or loathe it. In general, as longstanding purple...
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Longstanding purple pagers may remember Frédéric Ducos of Ch Laulan-Ducos in the Médoc who has regularly sent us despatches about...
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David Schildknecht sends the following report on the 2005 harvest in Germany: Middle Mosel growers largely started picking this past...
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The first thing to say about the trio of wines finally released from South Africa banker G T Ferreira’s luxury...
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Warning: if you are interested only in fine wine, and not at all in UK supermarkets, don’t waste your time...
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We recently discussed whether one of Britain's dominant supermarkets Sainsbury's deserved to be Supermarket of the Year and I susbequently...
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I promised in your turn that I would identify the wines that most impressed me in a recent line-up among...
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As one who can always see both sides of every argument and who spends her life sitting rather boringly on...
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We may debate the effects of western Europe’s drought in Rioja, but there is no doubt at all that port...
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Castel, the Bordeaux-based, family-owned company that owns Nicolas and the UK retail chain Oddbins plus many winemaking operations in France...
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