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Oregon enters its bubble era
The fine sparkling-wine producers of Oregon are getting organised. Above, Lytle-Barnett’s Windfall vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon (credit: Lester Tsai). Given the state’s facility with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay...
Alder Yarrow
Friday 5 December 2025
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Sparkling wines for the 2025 festive season
Top tips for those seeking a bit of sparkle for the holidays this Christmas and New Year. From £14 to £1,438 a bottle. A version of this article is published...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 22 November 2025
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . It is the last in a series of...
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Pierazzo da Feltre, honorably mentioned among the finalists in our wine writing competition, reports on the polarisation that is taking...
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9 February 2017 This week’s Throwback Thursday – Jancis’s appeal for greater transparency from the producers of non-vintage wines –...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Blind tasting is extremely educational, but has a nasty...
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16 November 2016 Specialist wine lawyer John Barker explains: 'In Australia, Prosecco can be used as a vine variety name...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Nyetimber – a Canadian playground. Most wine...
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14 July 2016 To complement all our articles about sparkling wines and champagnes this week, and as a rather cheekily...
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See this guide to our assemblages. Jancis writes In this week when we published two articles on some very smart...
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Gisborne on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island was the third stop on my recent trip to this...
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This is a much longer version of an article that is published today on ft.com and will be published on...
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Nick Baker of The Finest Bubble, the London specialist retailer of carbon dioxide wrapped in wine, has realised that it...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
Recently one of the most admired producers of...
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This is a longer version of an article published by The Financial Times. This picture was taken by Matt Martin...
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26 November We're publishing a second Throwback Thursday article today, Thanksgiving Day, since we now know exactly which wines Walter...
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See our guide to all of this season's compilations. See also these recent tasting articles about fizz: English wine trumps...
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This is one of two articles investigating where Franciacorta as an Italian traditional-method sparkling wine region stands today. See also...
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