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Languedoc whites – looking to the future
Part one of a two-part exploration of change in the vineyards of southern France. Not for the first time, I’ve come away from the Languedoc convinced that it’s the whites...
Tamlyn Currin
Tuesday 16 December 2025
• 5 min read
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The greatest-ever champagne vintage?
A comparative tasting of champagne from the highly acclaimed 1996 vintage and the overshadowed 1995. And a daring way to remove a recalcitrant champagne cork. Was 1996 the greatest-ever champagne...
Andy Howard MW
Monday 15 December 2025
• 4 min read
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Wines that demonstrate the new Mediterranean style – of finesse over power. Above, Javi Revert in his vineyard.
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A stunning outcome from what began as a shocking mistake.
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In a perilous vintage, Germany’s best 2023 Spätburgunders are a testament to nerve and precision in the vineyard. Also see...
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Chianti Classico is such a fine wine – here’s the proof. Above, Panzano with the Conca d’Oro in the foreground...
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Grüner Veltliner from Lower Austria tasted by Tara and Julia while the 2025 harvest was just getting under way. Come...
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Germany’s supporting cast of white grape varieties proved eloquent in the challenging 2024 vintage. See also New GG releases in...
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Burgundies back to a truly wonderful 1935, a miraculous survivor of the Second World War.
A 200th anniversary rather puts...
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Cab may be king but Grenache is where the excitement is in Washington State. Above, terraced bush-vine Grenache in WeatherEye...
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Berry Bros recently went mad with a well-priced offer of this lauded vintage. See this guide to our more than...
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A groundbreaking tasting of three key Eastern European varieties across 10 countries at Kog 25 Pannonia.
There is a tiny...
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Quality under pressure – of the vintage and the political sort. Above, the Gräfenberg vineyard in Kiedrich in the Rheingau...
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Chile’s top winemakers are flocking to this region for its old vines, farming culture and cool fringes ripe for exploration...
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English, and Welsh, still wines surveyed. They are quite a thing nowadays – it’s not all sparkling.
The annual trade...
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Bottles you need to know about. Including the latest vintage of C O Steinlinden, conceived in 2005 as a wedding...
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An embarrassment of riches from Bordeaux, Champagne, Tasmania and beyond.
By the scores in this article, most Tasmanian wine can...
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Reflections inspired by two recent German tastings, mainly 2024s. Above, Helmut and Cornelius Dönnhoff, not in London but on their...
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