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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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A challenging vintage for vineyards on sandy, light soils, though if you look hard enough, you'll find some impressive wines...
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Praise lavished on the current wine offering from the UK’s biggest supermarket. Jancis writes What I’m about to write may...
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Some fabulous wines from three excellent producers, including 18 vintages of Clos Ste Hune back to 1966. Above, some of...
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Beaujolais' famous grape finds a new home in Australia's cooler quarters. Above, a Gamay block at Lyons Will Estate in...
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Rich, ripe and approachable, with the best wines cellar-worthy to boot. See this guide to all our coverage of the...
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Vintage 2023 saw intense heat in the southern Rhône, but the best Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds are stunning. See this guide to...
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What to head for from the UK's oldest wine merchant, the first to venture online and recently an auctioneer, too...
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So which of these vintages is the best and which is the worst? JR and laptop bottom left of this...
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A very early preview of these two promising vintages at the Vinexus Anteprima tasting in London last month. Above, Cavallotto...
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Reviews of 18 recently released 2022 vintage ports as well as some outstanding older wines, both bottle-aged and wood-aged, and...
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London wine professionals were recently treated to a showcase of more than 50 of Australia's top current Cabernets, many of...
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A combination of luck and careful picking resulted in some fine reds from the southern end of the northern Rhône...
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A return to elegant reds in the northern Rhône after a string of solar years. For all of our coverage...
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Light, fresh and ready to enjoy. For an overview of the 2023 vintage, see Vintage 2023 – northern Rhône. Above...
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Buy now before prices go up, as they inevitably will.
The Wine Society outdid itself for value in the wines...
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The best of the autumn offerings from Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, The Co-op and Lidl – and thoughts on the...
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