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Beaujolais – drinking well indeed
Bien Boire (‘drinking well’) en Beaujolais is more fun than Bordeaux’s primeurs and offers plenty of excellent wines, reports Natasha Hughes MW. Above, a view out towards the Côte de...
Natasha Hughes MW
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Chianti Classico 2022 – Riserva v Gran Selezione
Pleasant surprises from a torrid year. Above, Alessandro Campatelli, director and oenologist (and now owner) at Riecine, made a 2022 Gran Selezione particularly admired by Walter (© Riecine). As promised...
Walter Speller
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What follows is evidence to support my theory about Postmodern Australia. I have picked 10 Shirazes and 10 Chardonnays that...
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Faithful Purple pagers will know that I have long followed the white burgundies of Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey. See, for example, Making...
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