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France's copper limits challenge organics, California fruit left unpicked, Douro oversupply
Plus news of the AIV’s appeal to the UN, harvest updates, a Gallo acquisition, surging wine imports in India. And an invitation to join us for dinner. View this post...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 20 September 2025
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Wine news in 5
Hail and fires in France, Australian organics upset, a Burgundy–UK venture
Plus a clarification on Vietnam’s new tax hike on alcoholic beverages and a remembrance of Dr Richard Smart. Smart is pictured above (r) with Cornell professor Nelson Shaulis. Before I...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 12 July 2025
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Friday 14 March 2025
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An easy way to make planet-friendly wine choices, no greenwashing allowed, courtesy of International Wineries for Climate Action. Above, IWCA...
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Rain, downy mildew and hail made for a complicated vintage – particularly for those aiming to follow organic principles in...
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A timeless California classic made with future-focused farming. Above, Grgich's 34-acre (14-ha) vineyard in Calistoga.
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Sam Cole-Johnson and others celebrate an inspirational figure in organic, biodynamic and regenerative viticulture.
In 1976, Paul Dolan graduated from...
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Quite a collection of minimal-input wines here – mainly French but do take a look at the Spanish ones. Above...
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The answers really do lie in the soil. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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The d'Exéa military family of Narbonne is pouring at least €10 million into turning one of the Languedoc's biggest estates...
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A 600-ha estate in the northern Corbières is being ambitiously and ecologically transformed by Aymeric Izard and Anne Besse, seen...
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Tamlyn writes Dudley Brown, winemaker, winegrower and husband of Dr Irina Santiago-Brown, who was the guest judge for our 2020...
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9 June 2022 We're republishing this informative article free in our Throwback Thursday series.
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