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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
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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find these wines I visited the Loire Valley for the first time in years recently and was most impressed by...
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It will be fascinating to see the effects of last summer's exceptional heat on the 2003 crop in Europe's cooler...
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The Loire Valley is one of those places, like England and Germany, where vignerons can't believe the sugar levels in...
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I have long had a soft spot for great Vouvray. In fact I have a bee in my bonnet that...
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I feel very sorry for the wines of the Loire. Many of them are quite delicious, and yet they are...
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