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Floods hit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monarch Tractor shuttered, early budbreak in California
Plus, a trade deal for China and South Africa, falling French wine and spirits exports, a legal case in Australia. And congratulations to Andrew Jefford, awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 14 February 2026
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Strengthening US wine labelling, new EU trade deals, market reports, more bottles lighten up
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 30 January 2026
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A rosé that tastes as good in a chilly British spring as it did in the humid tropics.
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30 March 2023 Malu Lambert’s article on the importance of inclusivity in wine language struck such a chord with readers...
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Tim Jackson MW spells out exactly how a controversial variety can be persuaded to make great wine.
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More than 100 current releases reviewed, many shown by the producers themselves. They deserve your attention. Above, typical old bush...
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This is the last of four articles about some of the 47 applicants for this year's Golden Vines Diversity Awards...
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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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This entry in our WWC22 competition explores the post-pandemic regeneration of South Africa's wine industry. For more great wine writing...
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Does South Africa lead the way in regeneration? And how about transformation…? Nearly 90 current releases reviewed.
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