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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on June 8, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, now updated to reflect all we’ve published on...
Julian Leidy
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Niepoort, Rabbit Dry White Port
A traditional, versatile and inexpensive white port that is both dry and sweet – and doesn’t take itself too seriously. From €5, £12 per half, or €7.16, $16.93, £18.99 per...
Julia Harding MW
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Reviews of 18 recently released 2022 vintage ports as well as some outstanding older wines, both bottle-aged and wood-aged, and...
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Also, a new crop of Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholars. Above, clockwise from top left: Kanchan Schindlauer, Emiliano Stratico...
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Amazing value from a dynamic duo preserving Bairrada’s indigenous grapes. From €11.30, $17.99, £21.52.
Normally I leave the Portuguese wines...
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Viúva Gomes bring life back to the sands of Colares, Europe's most westerly vineyards.
Planting a vineyard is a long-term...
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Plus an update on Treasury Wine Estates’ restructuring and a curious case of €650,000-worth of stolen burgundy. Above, Montes' vineyard...
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The penultimate contribution to this series on collecting on a budget. Some tips on wine storage next month. A slightly...
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And, on a brighter note, Gigondas Blanc has arrived, and the Austrian digital wine atlas (shown above) just got even...
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A detailed, complex and intensely refreshing Portuguese white from gnarly old vines high up in the Douro Valley. From €24.95...
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Nearly 100 new releases from Portugal: mostly shades of white. Pictured above, Anna Jorgensen of Cortes de Cima in the...
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See The resurgence of Pico's magnificent wines for background to the wines and producers described below.
The following 107 tasting...
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Julia realises a long-held dream of visiting this isolated Portuguese island in the middle of the Atlantic to discover its...
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Austrians like to check themselves out against the competition … including Château d'Yquem.
In the early 1990s the late Alois...
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A sizeable but little-known region of red and white wines named after, and freshened by, the longest river on the...
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Spain and Portugal offer particularly rich pickings for anyone looking for less expensive wines worth ageing. A shorter version of...
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Part 2 of my report from Porto on an exciting tasting of wines made by winegrowers with strong convictions, most...
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Buyers and collectors get ready: en primeur bordeaux tastings are underway, and declarations for 2022 vintage port are trickling out...
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