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WWC23 – The Wine Student, by Melanie Webber
This moving entry to our 2023 wine writing competition was written by wine educator and writer Melanie Webber. Her favourite wine person (or people?) is the Wine Student, an amalgam...
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Friday 7 July 2023
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How The Rocks rock
In search of the very special character of wines from this area on the border of Oregon and Washington. At the beginning of March, when Elaine and I embarked on...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Wednesday 15 June 2022
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Many London wine luminaries gathered to discuss this elusive concept recently. A shorter version of this article is published by...
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We republish this thought-provoking excerpt from the book reviewed yesterday by Tam. The Sancerre landscape is pictured here by Joe...
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The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste A field guide to the great wines of EuropeRajat Parr and Jordan MackayPublished by Ten...
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Conspiracy theories are by definition undebunkable. Indeed, undebunkability is woven into the very fabric of their being, because any argument...
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A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See this follow-up symposium o minerality in...
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This is a version of an article also published by the Financial Times. As anyone who has ever been to...
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In a recent article Jancis called on this year's crop of science graduates, pointing out, 'Scientists, you would not believe...
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This article comes with two warnings: one, it is geeky and may not be for those who prefer some romance...
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