Judgment of Paris
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Sweden's emerging wine scene
An impressive tasting inspires a deeper look at this fast-growing wine region. Above, first impression of Skåne, a late-afternoon swim in the still-warm North Sea near Båstad . It wasn’t...
Julia Harding MW
Tuesday 14 January 2025
• 5 min read
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The wine world lost one of its great adventurers last night. Steven Spurrier is pictured above with his wife Bella...
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Wine – A Way Of Life
Steven Spurrier
Published by Adelphi
ISBN 9780956238788
£20
‘When he was about six years...
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This article has been syndicated. The more I taste seriously mature wines from California and Australia, wines made in the...
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Today my fellow English wine writer Steven Spurrier turns 70. This is quite surprising in view of how youthful he...
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