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WWC25 – Ode to Romorantin, by Steven Norton
Technology columnist Steven Norton writes this engaging entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about a COVID-era encounter with Romorantin that sparked his love for this French grape variety. For...
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Sunday 10 August 2025
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Wine news in 5
Champagne news, hail hits the Loire, Barossa uproar, RIP Angela Muir MW
Plus news of a wildfire ripping through Washington State's Columbia Gorge. The Burdoin Fire is pictured above (photo credit: Lyle Fire & Rescue Dist #4). Before I get to global...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 26 July 2025
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Wine news in 5
Hail and fires in France, Australian organics upset, a Burgundy–UK venture
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 12 July 2025
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This might be the perfect white wine for Christmas Day.
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A classic, well-priced and organic Cabernet Franc from the Loire Valley.
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Today's sustainability hero comes from the Loire and the competition entrant introduces herself thus: 'Allison Burton-Parker is the Marketing &...
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The next entry for our 2020 summer wine writing competition is from P aul Temperton, who describes himself as '...
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Wines can go from bargains to extravagances remarkably quickly. I put my head on the block and suggest some future...
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Richard recommends a Loire red with a long story.
From £12.95 (for the 2014 Vieilles Vignes) and £11.89 (for the...
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27 June 2019 For some more inspiring Loire Sauvignon Blancs, see t hese wines from Vignobles Berthier j ust added...
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Tam won't apologise for choosing yet another Chenin Blanc…
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Which region produces better Sauvignon Blanc, the Loire or New Zealand? You may already have a view. Prepare to change...
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On May Day, we present a photo-report on a particular hazard of springtime. I'm just back from what I sincerely...
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Over 100 wines reviewed, from a region that deserves far more attention. For more tasting notes in our spring 2019...
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Tam unearths a versatile and refreshing red from a little-known outpost of the greater Loire region. From €9.35, £10.95, $14...
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While some parts of the Loire were ravaged by frost and hail in 2017, Vouvray didn't fare too badly. Yields...
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From $14.99, £13.50, 2,073 Japanese yen Find this wine I fully realise that less than a month ago, my wine...
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