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2024 vintage ports, 80 Year Olds and many more
An excellent year for vintage port. No wonder every port house is releasing one or more such ports, making this the first general declaration in seven years. Above, the seven...
Julia Harding MW
• 3 min read
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Pop the Brít-Nat
Britpop move over; here comes Brít-Nat with pop-the-crown-cap controversy and edgy attitude. Henry writes On the day that the soon-to-be-legendary June heatwave of 2026 landed, Tamlyn and I headed to...
Henry Jeffreys
• 13 min read
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Waitrose spring 2026 recommendations
Great buys available in the UK and farther afield – including some naturally lower-alcohol wines. Above, left to right: Reon Richter, Leana Coetzee, Mari Branders, Juandre Bruwer – the core...
Andy Howard MW
• 3 min read
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Don't pour that ancient bottle of wine down the sink! Some of the corks from an evening described below that...
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A sparkling wine for pizza, parmesan, prosciutto, salami and gnocco fritto, and a whole lot more if you choose carefully...
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Unexpected, excellent and affordable, Austria’s sparkling wines are worth stocking up on. Above, bottles resting in the cellar of Weingut...
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Part 2 of a collection of Portuguese wines tasted by Julia over the last six months or so: mostly reds...
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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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