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Meinklang, Prosa Rosé Frizzante 2024 Österreich
A magical sparkling wine from Austria, from €9, £15.50, $16.95. It is, some say, the time when magic is strongest … the summer solstice, when the fairy folk come and...
Tamlyn Currin
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Wine discoveries – May 2026
Reasons to drink more Riesling; best buys; and far-flung finds – highlights from a month of tastings. Above, Mount Ararat in Armenia overlooking the Yacoubian-Hobbs vineyards (© Yacoubian-Hobbs). It was...
Team JR
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Walter's tasting notes on nearly 60 examples of these useful sparkling wines follow.
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See also Some fine sparklers for...
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I've been hoarding tasting notes on various fizzes tasted in the last couple of months and here they are, together...
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I wonder if English sparkling now needs its own appellation? Ridgeview once had the idea of using the word Merret...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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The following is organiser Stephen Skelton MW's own report on the tasting I report on in English fizz v the...
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We all know what an urban myth is. Is there such a thing as a rural myth? If so, then...
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15 Dec - Please note that all these wines are now available online from the Little Wine Club, and should...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Below are my recommended fizzy buys...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. For reviews of nearly 70 current...
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The 'news' that Nyetimber, an English sparkling wine, had supposedly beaten Champagne Bollinger in a blind tasting organised in Italy...
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21 May 2019 see Festive fizz 2018 for more up-to-date sparkling-wine bargains.
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Limoux is a surprising enclave within...
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A sparkling start to Day 5 of the Landmark Tutorial with two extremely experienced winemakers: consultant Dr Tony Jordan (Domaine...
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At last month's annual Australia Day tasting in London I tasted a host of sparkling wines in search of good...
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