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Northern California Zinfandel
Picking out value and genuine interest in California wine. More on Saturday. Above, an old Zinfandel vine at Dry Creek Vineyard, whose prices are especially reasonable and its practices admirably...
Jancis Robinson
Thursday 5 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Santorini's treasures – the wines
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 4 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Wine discoveries – February 2026
A flurry of wines to chase the winter blues away. Above, Ina and Heiko Bamberger, makers of one such wine, a terrific German sparkler reviewed below (credit: Lucie Greiner). February...
Team JR
Tuesday 3 March 2026
• 2 min read
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In their homeland, Spanish wine producers may be questioning their denominaciones, but in London the Spanish wine scene is thriving...
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Vega Sicilia’s new technical director Gonzalo Iturriaga de Juan, who arrived at the estate in September last year, has quickly...
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It had been some time since I had tasted a range of wines offered by Majestic, Britain’s biggest specialist wine...
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This tasting of older vintages of oaked Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux and the Loire turned out to be a classic...
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In an ancient book on viticulture published in 1791 entitled Agricultura general y gobierno de la casa de campo (General...
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The 2005 vintage in Barolo is not considered great by any stretch of the imagination, but when tasting some 30...
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I spent the first 18 years of my life in a village of 40 people and, I have to confess...
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See also the Australian tasting articles published this week on Chardonnay and Shiraz. Blame the Australian predilection for abbreviations for...
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See also Australia – in vogue again. Recently, Australia has been abuzz about new-wave Chardonnay, Italian varieties and natural winemaking...
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See also Australian Shiraz – what's hot, what's cool and Neb, Sangio and friends. Richard and I attempted a two-pronged...
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This follows on from Paso Robles – Rhône varieties published yesterday. Following Prohibition, Zinfandel became the workhorse grape for the...
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See also Paso Robles – other grapes.
While the history of Paso Robles wine sits with Zinfandel and its associated...
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Alto Piemonte may be experiencing some serious hype among New York sommeliers, but is little known in the UK. And...
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We started off this account of my recent blind tasting of nearly 250 Bordeaux 2012s with the whites, continued with...
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The Southwold 2012 series began yesterday with the whites, and continues with the left-bank reds . See also this overview...
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See also Southwold 2012s – the right-bank reds and Southwold 2012s – the left-bank reds as well as this overview...
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