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Gippsland comes of age
This cool-climate Australian region is finally living up to its early promise. Winegrowers Patrick Sullivan and Megan McLaren are pictured above (credit: Guy Lavoipierre). When I moved to Melbourne in...
Max Allen
Friday 20 February 2026
• 2 min read
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – biting the bullet in 2023
Julia Harding MW
Tuesday 17 February 2026
• 2 min read
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Spain's most prestigious winery releases its new vintages to the public in January. Ferran gets an early look. Above, barrels...
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Time for another collection of the Portuguese wines that have crossed Julia’s palate over the last five months or so...
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An Umbrian region famed for red wines is rediscovering the possibilities of its local white grape. Image of Trebbiano Spoletino...
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Among other things, a tasting involving two devices that are popular for seasonal gifting: Coravin and eto.
Every December, there's...
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A dramatic vintage. For notes on the 2020 Brunello di Montalcinos, also to be released this January, and background to...
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Blends have the advantage in this vintage, though Walter has uncovered the best of the single-vineyard and selezione wines, too...
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From Muscadet to Chinon to Sancerre, this Loire Valley wine tasting shows off the region’s diversity, energy and talent –...
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Red wines may have the upper hand in this warm vintage, but there are whites worth seeking out and some...
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A first look at the 2022s in bottle at the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux tasting in London. Come...
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No variety offers such a rich diversity of styles as Zinfandel. Sam offers some guidance to finding the styles that...
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Concluding his survey of the southern Rhône, Ali finds that 2023 was a rosy vintage for the rosés of Tavel...
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Under market pressure, Umbria’s most important red-wine denomination is seeking to reinvent itself by making less tannic, more elegant wines...
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A ton of great, ready-to-enjoy Côtes du Rhône reds here, as well as some structured, ageworthy cru wines. See this...
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Wines from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and the US in the spotlight. Pictured above is Jean Smit –...
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Reviews of 127 champagnes and other sparkling wines tasted recently by Tam and Jancis. Image © Leif Carlsson, courtesy of...
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Not the Singapore skyline this month, but that of Shanghai, where many of the Chinese wines below were tasted. November...
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