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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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See this guide to all our autumn collections. The nearly 100 wines reviewed below are bottled wines in current commercial...
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See Our collected works – a guide. This collection of tasting notes on Rhône wines currently in circulation illustrates sharply...
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Written in conjunction with Yohan Castaing. Louis Jaboulet, who turned 100 at the end of June, died last week. This...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. See also What Guy Jullien thinks of Châteauneuf. We drove down...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
See my tasting notes on Chapoutier's...
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As I have just pointed out in our Members' forum, I spent much of last week tasting Rhône 2009s –...
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OK, folks. It's time to turn to a French wine region that offers great wine at less-than-great prices – and...
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The Rhône is currently such a great source of good quality, interesting wine – some of it at extremely good...
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I tasted these 50 red Rhône wines back in May for British Airways business class. There is nothing sinister in...
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On Friday I took part in one of the most heartening blind tastings for British Airways that I can remember...
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For the illustrations to this explanation, download these diagrams [no longer available in 2021 alas].
The Bordeaux oenologist and specialist...
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On members’ forum we have been discussing the reliability of generic bodies’ vintage reports. Try this one for size. Under...
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Yapp Brothers was the first specialist retailer of Rhône (and Loire) wines in the UK when in 1969 dentist Robin...
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Had a most frustrating look at some Very Important 2001s the other night: Penfolds Grange, Hermitage la Chapelle, Chapoutier Le...
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Michael Jampel sends the following tip: If ever you are in Valence in the Rhône, there is a newish restaurant...
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The hot, dry summer of 2003 has produced some very exciting wines in the Rhône Valley if these offerings from...
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