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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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A Clos des Goisses tasting dinner with Charles Philipponnat of the family-owned Champagne Philipponnat, hosted by Bordeaux Index at the...
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For a guide to all these regional and stylistic collections of tasting notes, see Sorting through the assortments. Richard writes...
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Eighteen months ago, the en primeur campaign for 2012 bordeaux limped into view with all the energy and joie de...
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Not so long ago the Maremma, the coastal strip that runs south of Livorno all the way down to Lazio...
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Pago is a Spanish word that might cause confusion for wine consumers. It has many different meanings. According to the...
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An extraordinary tasting of mature dry Riesling wines took place at the end of August, coinciding with the VDP presentation...
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Beaujolais seems to have been less in the limelight this year, after enjoying something of a rennaissance since the 2009...
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See an overview of this tasting at Reintroducing Brits to California glory.Chances to taste fine American wines are far too...
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Waitrose are offering 25% discount across their entire wine range for any purchase of six or more bottles, from Wednesday...
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‘This is a beautiful time in our future history.’ This was Virginia Willcock’s slightly puzzling introduction to a recent presentation...
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Online retailer Naked Wines did not exist seven years ago. Today they claim that well over 200,000 wine lovers in...
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The 1964 vintage is famous in the Rioja region so I leapt at the chance to taste a selection before...
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Yet more Italy today. Nick and I have just returned from a long weekend in eastern Sicily, where vine growers...
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Justerini & Brooks' Italian portfolio could be summarised as ‘solid and classic’. While J&B's main competitor, Berry Bros & Rudd...
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