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Blind tasting, part 3 – using your nose
The power of scent, and how to harness it to figure out what’s in your glass. In last week’s MBT, we focused on gathering visual clues. Today we’ll dig into...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Thursday 26 February 2026
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Mission Blind Tasting
Blind tasting, part 2 – gathering visual clues
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Thursday 19 February 2026
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Jancis Robinson
Thursday 12 February 2026
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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Why not diversity in tasting notes too? A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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2 December 2021 Because so many people seem to be suffering post-COVID-19 anosmia, or are just finding that their sense...
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Tom Parker MW, whose day job is at Farr Vintners, reports on lockdown's beneficial effect on his wine tasting. The...
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Is wine vocabulary too Eurocentric? A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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