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Rhône 2024 – other southern whites, rosés and VDNs
Alistair Cooper MW
Wednesday 10 December 2025
• 11 min read
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Rhône 2024 – other southern reds
Alistair Cooper MW
Wednesday 10 December 2025
• 13 min read
Tasting articles
Rhône 2024 – Gigondas and Vacqueyras reds
Alistair Cooper MW
Tuesday 9 December 2025
• 13 min read
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Plenty of drinking pleasure on offer in 2024 – and likely without a long wait. The team at Clos du...
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Yields are down but pleasure is up in 2024, with ‘drinkability’ the key word. Above, a wintry view Château de...
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A guide to all our coverage of vintage 2024 in the Rhône Valley.
Master of Wine and Rhône expert Alistair...
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Get ready for the next fashion! Above, Xavier Vignon doing what he enjoys most, blending. From €8.90, 10.90 Swiss francs...
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Concluding his survey of the southern Rhône, Ali finds that 2023 was a rosy vintage for the rosés of Tavel...
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A ton of great, ready-to-enjoy Côtes du Rhône reds here, as well as some structured, ageworthy cru wines. See this...
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A challenging vintage for vineyards on sandy, light soils, though if you look hard enough, you'll find some impressive wines...
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Rich, ripe and approachable, with the best wines cellar-worthy to boot. See this guide to all our coverage of the...
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Vintage 2023 saw intense heat in the southern Rhône, but the best Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds are stunning. See this guide to...
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Record-breaking heat in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and environs led to some powerful wines. Ali reports from two weeks of travel and tasting...
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A guide to our coverage of vintage 2023 in the Rhône Valley. Above, the Rhône viewed from vineyards in Ampuis...
Wines of the week
A bargain with an unexpected mix of grapes. From €6.20, $11.70, £13.25.
Jean-Pierre Boisson, Le Petit Caboche Rouge 2022 Vin...
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Plus, a potential change to the laws governing Germany’s VDP estates to help them weather the fallout of spring’s devastating...
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As of the 2023 vintage, white wines are allowed to be produced in this prestigious Rhône appellation. Ali got to...
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The second in a new series for those starting a cellar. A version of this article, Jancis's last Saturday contribution...
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Concluding Ali's Rhône 2022 coverage, tasting notes on the rosés and whites from southern Rhône appellations other than Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Above...
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