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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
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Santorini's treasures – the wines
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 4 March 2026
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Denis Dubourdieu’s particularly memorable name is known throughout the world of wine – not least because he is a professor...
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Posh wine merchant Armit (restyled armit) was set up in 1981 by ex Corney and Barrow managing director John Armit...
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28 May 2015 We are republishing this article from June 2013 as background to today's tasting article detailing a blind...
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See also Top New Zealand v white burgundy.
We have long been fans of Kumeu River’s New Zealand Chardonnays, as...
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The Kapcsandy and Inglenook tasting notes below should be read in conjunction with today's article First-growth influences in Napa Valley...
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Owned by Russian billionaire Eugene Shvidler, most famous for being Roman Abramovich’s best friend, Ch Thénac must be Bergerac’s best-funded...
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Continuing the retrospective mood outlined in yesterday’s How well does wine age?, and as a reminder of how glorious mature...
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On Saturday I’ll be surveying how the wine scene has changed over the last 30 years, so I have been...
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Eric Baugher, Ridge Vineyards’ winemaker, was his usual affable if intense self but looked exhausted. He had spent the day...
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See also our video interview with Walter published today. For wine commentators in Italy, the beginning of each year is...
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