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Amphora Wine Day 2025 – the rise and rise of clay
Celebrating wine from clay in southern Portugal. 1,900 wine lovers can’t be wrong. In November last year they thronged to the eighth edition of Amphora Wine Day, off the beaten...
Julia Harding MW
Friday 13 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Rioja at 100 – wines below €25
Proof that Rioja remains a terrific source of mature wines at excellent prices. Above, one of the vineyards of El Pacto, who produced a great-value white that particularly impressed Ferran...
Ferran Centelles
Wednesday 11 March 2026
• 3 min read
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Robersons once again executed a London coup du vin by hosting a Vega Sicilia tasting featuring the winemaker, owner, and...
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This line up of venerable Dão wines, whites...
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Last night Eduardo Chadwick of Viña Errázuriz in Chile staged his so-called ‘Berlin tasting’ for the eighth time, and the...
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Germany has been awash with celebrations of Silvaner’s 350th anniversary. To round off our coverage of the Silvaner grape, allow...
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