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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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