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Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands
Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard (image courtesy of the domaine). As you can see [if...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Supreme Court hears tariff case, new alcohol sales data, vine pulls, old-vine superpowers
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 8 November 2025
• 1 min read
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Bolivia – new heights for old vines
A cache of bottles from one of the most remote, challenging and intriguing wine regions in the world. Above, Yokich’s vine nursery, started by Patricia Mendoza’s grandfather to preserve the...
Oliver Coleman
Tuesday 23 September 2025
• 4 min read
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Italy has its own rich repository of old vines and we begin Old Vine Week by reporting, as with so...
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This collection of wines from Champagne, the Loire and south-west France may look like a motley crew, but the wines...
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A very small-scale look at a big subject this week. See this guide to our extensive coverage of old vines...
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Later on 12 September In last week's old-vine article Tam wrote about Domaine Jones based in Fitou on the southern...
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8 September 2022 We’re republishing the winning entry to last year’s writing competition with its old-vine theme to remind you...
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Last week's old-vine wines came from Iberia (see part 4 of the series). This week we're still in the sunny...
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We've got a full house for Spanish (and, sadly, just two Portuguese – I'm sure there are many more examples...
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The third instalment of our old-vine wines series takes us to South America. There are two very special stories here...
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The second instalment of our old-vine wine stories is set in South Africa (go to Lebanon for the first). For...
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The first of an ongoing series on old-vine wines. We start in Lebanon, with what may perhaps be some of...
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Today is the inaugural Old Vine Day. To celebrate, we begin a series focused on vineyards' most venerable residents. Today's...
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See our WWC22 guide for more. We're publishing this entry to our 2022 writing competition with heavy hearts. The climate...
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A good month before the current heatwaves in the northern hemisphere, Atomic Wine Sessions assembled the company above (Elaine in...
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Despite the many obstacles, including the precipitous depreciation of the Turkish lira, innovators in Turkey are managing to protect its...
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The problem of disappearing vineyard workers and old-vine produce disappearing into anodyne blends. A version of this article is published...
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The distinctive genius of the Henschke family in vineyard and cellar is delightfully evident. Above, the Hill of Grace vineyard...
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