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SCOTUS rules on tariffs, downsizing in the US and Spain's vineyard area shrinks
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 20 February 2026
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Wine news in 5
Floods hit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monarch Tractor shuttered, early budbreak in California
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 14 February 2026
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Yesterday in Spain invades St James’s I reported on the remarkable fact that both J&B and Berry Bros were singing...
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Spanish wine really must be hot. I’ve been to two fine wine tasting lunches in the last few days with...
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Jorge Ordoñez is well known in the US as a particularly energetic and demanding Boston-based importer of hand-picked, often hand-made...
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I tasted this collection of top wines in Madrid in last courtesy of the mail order operation TodoVino whose top...
Wines of the week
find this wine – from just £5.95 and $7.99 per 50cl bottle Talk about a bridesmaid – the Montilla region...
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Yesterday I was asked to give a tutored tasting entitled Cutting Edge Wines from Spain at the annual generic Spanish...
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Whenever southern France’s militant vignerons go on the rampage, as they do with regularity and surely increasing futility, they cite...
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The one most memorable idea floated by Lu ís Hidalgo at a presentation on the state of the sherry business...
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I shall be publishing an overview of the exceptional 2005 vintage on New Year's Eve in fine wine news but...
Tasting articles
This tasting was an eye-opener, a retrospective of the most noble red Riojas made by CVNE, one of the oldest...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. On our second visit to San Sebastian this year, this time...
Wines of the week
find this wine Okay, okay, the name of this wine doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, but it does wonderful...
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Victor de la Serna, Spanish wine writer and now wine producer at Finca Sandoval in Manchuela east of Madrid sends...
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Steven Tolliver who writes a blog about Spanish wine called Tempranillo (I impishly suggest it should be called Garnacha of...
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Please note that I have generally mentioned the best producers or wines in each region, but have put the best...
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I have been missing Málaga. This dark, treacly stickie from Scholtz Hermanos was a staple at L’Escargot when Nick was...
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