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Wine discoveries – January 2026
From light, delicate Prosecco to cult wine from Bordeaux and red Zinfandel, there’s something for everyone in these 25 wines. Above, the 1,000-year-old chapel at St-Jacques d’Albas, source of one...
Team JR
Tuesday 3 February 2026
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Pinot Meunier – the Beyoncé of English vineyards
Henry Jeffreys
Thursday 8 January 2026
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An enthusiastic recommendation from our eminent Australian columnist of a wine made by a British Master of Wine.
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A status report on our exciting domestic wine industry. Martin's Lane vineyard in the Crouch Valley, Essex, pictured above. Let...
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A round winemaking peg in a round hole… See Cristal 2013 back to 1988 for details of the tasting where...
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Lovely wines – but all too mysterious for both taster and cook.
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A very varied collection of some of the best. Above, remuage examined at Roederer.
Students of wine, especially those of...
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Two books on sparkling wine don't quite go head to head – one focusing on sparkling wine all around the...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . More detailed tasting notes on Purple Pages, many...
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There's everything here from the cheapest and quite cheerful fizz (in the Other group below) to the most sumptuous of...
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Word of the day: penina . Slovenian sparkling wine. Double score on new language skills and new wine discoveries.
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Numbers are becoming more and more significant in Champagne. But there are many non-champagnes among these 86 tasting notes on...
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Many an established name in English sparkling wine, tasted blind – with a few champagnes. See also part 1 in...
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Ladders, shutdowns, mountain parking, a dislocated shoulder, quarantines … all in a day's work for Jardín Oculto. A slightly shorter...
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Tim Hall of Scala Wine, an avid Champagne-watcher, gives the low-down on Russia's recent wine-labelling diktat.
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