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Neo-prohibitionists and the WHO, and California’s imported bulk-wine problem
Two well-researched, hard-hitting reports reveal some unpleasant truths shaping the wine world right now. Above, Zinfandel grapes hang unharvested in a California vineyard neighbouring a winery that's importing bulk wine...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Tuesday 26 March 2024
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Can de-alcoholised wine be organic? How cheap can wine get? And Australia's wine glut
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Tuesday 12 March 2024
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How sweet is that Alsace wine?
Julia Harding MW
Thursday 21 September 2023
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Alder on America
US wine labelling rules look set to follow those in the EU – at some point. Alder examines the complicated...
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Tim Hall of Scala Wine, an avid Champagne-watcher, gives the low-down on Russia's recent wine-labelling diktat.
On 2 July, while...
Don't quote me
23 March 2021 See a follow-up to this saga at the end of the original article.
22 March 2021 One...
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Tolerance takes on a new meaning for alcohol-conscious wine drinkers. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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Arnica Rowan thinks wine producers are missing an increasingly important trick. Image (not Dr Siobhan Key mentioned in this article)...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . You may not think there is room for...
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German wine labelling has been given a chance to clean up its act but this is being resisted in some...
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A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Natural v industrial wine, which...
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Tasting notes on wines from Laurent Ponsot's innovative négociant label – and some provocative views.
Since leaving Domaine Ponsot in...
Alder on America
Where is a wine's origin? That's a particularly tricky question in the United States.
Winemakers in America are increasingly running...
Tasting articles
Worshipping at the altar of non-vintage champagne...
Tyson Stelzer is an Australian wine writer with a particular interest in screwcaps...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also my tasting notes on more...
Hemming's spittoon
Let’s play spot the difference! Here's an easy one to start with: what distinguishes one of these wines from the...
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Jancis writes We have recently been lucky enough to have tasted a range of champagnes from some of the grander...
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We start the penultimate week of entries to our wine writing competition with the following two articles from Brinton Resto...
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9 February 2017 This week’s Throwback Thursday – Jancis’s appeal for greater transparency from the producers of non-vintage wines –...
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