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Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations
Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...
Andy Howard MW
• 3 min read
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See wine news for my take on Vega Sicilia's recent changes in winemaking policy. These wines from Bodegas Vega Sicilia...
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See also tasting notes on purple pages . In 1981 I wrote about Vega Sicilia, 'what makes Spain's most sought-after...
Wines of the week
After a distinctly lacklustre rioja tasting last year it has been heartening to come across some glowing beams of light...
Inside information
It was encountering a load of bottles with little black bulls swinging from their necks while wandering round a very...
Wines of the week
Essence of spring in a bottle, this wine. Yes, it's pretty obscure, and made in very small quantities, I'm afraid...
Nick on restaurants
For those fortunate enough to keep a watching eye on the ever changing progression of chefs worldwide there is considerable...
Wines of the week
As I keep on writing, Spain is just bursting with under-developed wine regions. Toro of course is now old hat...
Wines of the week
This has a strong claim to be Spain's most unexpected wine – a truly delicious young, sweet white that would...
Inside information
Here's a photograph of the Marqués de Murrieta bodega in Rioja last Friday, 31 January. This apparently is the coldest...
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I'd already read many reports of unusually heavy and persistent rains in Spanish wine regions. And this is a report...
Nick on restaurants
A significant change on British menus over the past decade has been the closer, more conspicuous, collaboration between chefs, restaurateurs...
Nick on restaurants
The trade in black truffles which begins in early December in the most inaccessible, rugged but stunningly beautiful parts of...
Nick on restaurants
Over a bottle of Catalan Vichy water in the early evening sunshine Josep Maria Boix revealed the obvious, but to...
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