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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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Caroline Gilby MW is well known in wine circles for her unrivalled knowledge of wine production in eastern Europe. She...
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Out with Neusiedlersee-Hügelland and Mittelburgenland, in with Ried, or single vineyard. These and other long-discussed amendments to Austrian wine names...
Hemming's spittoon
Mr and Mrs West of California suffered widespread scorn for naming their daughter North back in 2013. Perhaps that’s why...
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This is a longer version of an article published by the Financial Times. See Current champagne vintages for my detailed...
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A new regulation is likely to result in the reappearance of a host of top-quality vineyard names on the labels...
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When Jancis suggested I write a short piece about the onward march of IGP in France, after I had spent...
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It is often said that wine takes itself too seriously. That is indeed a grave shortcoming. However, when wine doesn't...
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Mary Gorman-McAdams is a WSET Wine Educator at the International Wine Center, New York City, wine columnist for the popular...
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Labelling of wine has long been a contentious issue, and has certainly been discussed at length on this site (see...
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Laithwaites, the best-known face of the world's dominant mail-order wine merchant – or direct-sales specialist, as I should perhaps call...
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I was having dinner at a restaurant in Florence with Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti of the admirable Chianti Classico...
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17 May 2012 – See this thread on our forum. I now wonder whether QR codes such as that illustrated...
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A word of warning, this article contains no reference to fresh acidity, fine-grained tannins or irresistible aromas but it's quite...
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You may remember the laudable attempt by members of the International Riesling Federation – Riesling producers based mainly but not...
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This is a guide to the collection of images we have published over the last week showing typical examples of...
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20 Feb 2011 – French customs and excise have abandoned the regulation that bottles destined for export must have a...
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