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Also a new interactive map of Marlborough's wine regions. Hours of fun and education for New Zealand wine buffs and map lovers alike. A win against the Trump tariffs During...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 31 May 2025
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Spain's heat and France's floods, Majestic's wine-bar acquisition, natural fungal controls
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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WWC23 – Hanneli Smit, by Cerina van Niekerk
In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, winemaker Cerina van Niekerk writes about South African wine scientist Hanneli Smit. See our competition guide for more. Cerina van Niekerk...
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Saturday 19 August 2023
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23 December 2021 Presentations from this remarkable virtual conference are available to our readers at a discount – see below...
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The concluding instalment of this challenging discussion between Katia Nussbaum, her brother Jono and Chris Howard. See part 1, part...
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The exchange between Chris Howard and Katia Nussbaum continues. See part 1 and part 2, with the final part 4...
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Continuing from yesterday's instalment of Chris Howard and Katia Nussbaum's correspondence… Part 3 and part 4 to follow.
Katia writes...
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Katia Nussbaum of San Polino in Montalcino, author of last year’s coronadiary and this stimulating discussion of biodynamics , was...
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Our next profiled applicant for a Taylor's Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholarship (see also Winnie Toh) is Diana Hawkins, an...
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13 May 2021 Republished free because this spring journal is worth a read by everyone.
17 March 2021 Katia Nussbaum...
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… in which vineyard yeasts may perhaps prove to be able to beautify Ugni Blanc.
Kirsten Creasy (pictured above at...
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The companion piece to today's tasting article …
Mid-afternoon cravings for sauerkraut are alarming enough but potentially disastrous when there...
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30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
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30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
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Another revealing encounter at San Polino outside Montalcino and praise for their 2014.
At the beginning of August I visited...
Max on Oz
Our Australian columnist passes on news of a potentially ground-breaking discovery from Down Under. For a general introduction to yeasts...
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See also MW Symposium – wines on the frontier and MW Symposium – more on microbes .
How do we...
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See also MW Symposium – wines on the frontier. Living Wine, the title of the 9th MW Symposium held in...
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This is the second of her 40+ recent book reviews chosen by Tam to share with everyone.
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