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California Riesling – improved and ignored
Convinced of Riesling’s inherent greatness, these California winemakers strive onwards despite the Sisyphean task of selling the wines. Above, a bunch of Riesling in the hands of grower Mike Lucia...
Alder Yarrow
Tuesday 24 February 2026
• 2 min read
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Julia races across London for the first-ever showing of this line-up of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s bottled 2022s outside the...
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This concludes our coverage of this year’s Southwold-on-Thames appraisal of the 2021 vintage. The tasters agreed that this was the...
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One of the most disappointing collections of red bordeaux in the annual Southwold-on-Thames series. See also this guide to our...
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The bilingual region where Pinot Bianco is in its (mountainous) element. Above, from the website of Cantina Merano/Kellerei Meran.
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