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Wine discoveries – February 2026
A flurry of wines to chase the winter blues away. Above, Ina and Heiko Bamberger, makers of one such wine, a terrific German sparkler reviewed below (credit: Lucie Greiner). February...
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Tuesday 3 March 2026
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This is the final part of Tanya Garnham's report of vintage 2012 at Descendientes de J Palacios in Bierzo. For...
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For the earlier sections of this report by Tanya Garnham, see Part 1 – introducing DJP, Part 2 – waiting...
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For the background to this harvest report by Tanya Garnham, see Part 1 – introducing DJP and Part 2 –...
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For the introduction to this report by Tanya Garnham, see Part 1 – introducing DJP.I arrived in Spain a bit...
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Welcome to the first of this week's five-part description of the time Tanya Garnham (right) has just spent completing the...
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From €6.95, £7.50, Au$18, Ca$19.95, 150 Norwegian Krone Find this wine It's an ill wind that blows no good. It...
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When reporting the loss of John Radford recently, I glibly referred to a fellow JR wine writer. But of course...
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From €5.74, $13.99, £9.95 Find this wine Here's an absolutely fascinating wine, one that sounds like an oxymoron: a delicate...
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Our Spanish specialist Luis Gutiérrez has just been presented with the National Gastronomy Award for Journalism by Spain's Royal Gastronomy...
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If the word for 2011 in Spain was 'dry', for 2012 it's 'short'. Or maybe 'dry' too. Or could it...
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From €10.63, $15.93, £12.79, CA$20.55, 149 Swedish krone, 135 Danish krone, 23 Swiss francs, 225 Norwegian krone, Aus $41.39, 1,710...
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Unfortunately the six-letter word we hear most frequently about Spain lately is 'crisis'. The news is certainly not good, and...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. Cadaqués and Roses, on the Catalan coast 170 kilometres north of...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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Last weekend the far north eastern corner of Spain suffered terrible fires, which have already burnt 13,000 ha, some of...
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I know I'm starting to sound like a stuck record but I am loving the dry whites of north-western Iberia...
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