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Rhône 2024 – Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph and other northern reds
An attractive and solid vintage to enjoy in its youth. See this guide to our coverage of the 2024 vintage in the Rhône Valley. Overall the wines from Crozes-Hermitage and...
Alistair Cooper MW
Thursday 27 November 2025
• 13 min read
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Rhône 2024 – Cornas, Côte Rôtie and red Hermitage
Alistair Cooper MW
Wednesday 26 November 2025
• 12 min read
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Guigal of Côte Rôtie may be the biggest fine-wine producer in the northern Rhône, constantly expanding, with its sky-high prices...
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The aroma as you walked downstairs to the tasting room was fabulously inviting – aromatic fruit and a delicate spicy...
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Skalli, owners of St Supéry in the Napa Valley, continue to expand, perhaps just as well in view of how...
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I include this, the final set of tasting notes from the Grand Rhône Tasting of April 1994, more for completeness...
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Continuing this week's notes from the Grand Rhône Tasting way back in 1994, here is a record of a comparative...
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