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New GG releases in 2025 – reds
In a perilous vintage, Germany’s best 2023 Spätburgunders are a testament to nerve and precision in the vineyard. Also see Paula’s report on new GG Riesling releases and other GG...
Paula Redes Sidore
Monday 20 October 2025
• 7 min read
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X marks the spot in the Willamette Valley
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Monday 15 September 2025
• 3 min read
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Why can't more wine producers be more like Klaus Peter and Julia Keller? They are seen here at a Buckingham...
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The Kellers of Rheinhessen celebrate the past and react to what's likely to happen in the future – Julia's in-depth...
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The arresting life story of a true California pioneer. Image courtesy of Calera.
Josh Jensen, 78, founder of Calera and...
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Could the Pinot family become the UK's still-wine speciality? The photo above is, after all of Pinot vines in Wales...
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Last month, for the first time since 2019, the VDP showed off its members' recent releases in Mainz. Some fine...
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19 May 2022 We're republishing this article that gives so much background on Dundee Hills in Oregon to complement Sam's...
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What's special about the Willamette Valley's seminal sub-AVA? See also The Eyrie longevity revelation republished today in our Throwback Thursday...
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Elaine falls for Rose & Arrow.
At the end of February, I travelled to Willamette Valley and set up a...
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Burgundy's loss is Kent's gain. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Jim Halliday took...
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Korrell, Klumpp and Philipp Kuhn (pictured above, in his cellar, by Andreas Durst) take Paula's fancy, in a more measured...
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The case for putting the Willamette Valley's eggs in more than one basket. Above, David Hill winery and vineyard's proud...
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As a special tribute to our recently retired German specialist Michael Schmidt, we are bending our wine of the week...
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See also Oregon gems A–H and more. Columbia Gorge in northern Oregon is pictured above.
I’ve added a dozen or...
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The first half of a collection of tasting notes on current releases from Oregon, with Sam's reviews presented alphabetically by...
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Probably the last of our articles about the bigger producers' 2020s. We'll continue to try to seek out promising smaller...
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For the first time, wines from this famous Sonoma Coast estate have been made by a member of the Hirsch...
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