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Sherry, port and Madeira in profusion. This is surely the time of year when you can allow yourself to take the plunge into these very special wines. I tasted quite...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 12 December 2025
• 3 min read
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Rhône 2024 – other southern whites, rosés and VDNs
Gigondas Blanc lives up to its new appellation in 2024. Above, Clairette at Château de St-Cosme, one of the vintage’s standout producers. For more on the Rhône 2024 vintage, see...
Alistair Cooper MW
Wednesday 10 December 2025
• 11 min read
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Rhône 2024 – other southern reds
Alistair Cooper MW
Wednesday 10 December 2025
• 12 min read
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If asked to name a popular Spanish white wine, I would guess that many non-Spaniards would think first of Albariño...
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Above is how Mont Ventoux looks at the moment from Chateauneuf, in a photograph taken by Michel Blanc of the...
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Reichsrat Von Buhl’s first-ever tasting in London focused on their dry Grosses Gewächs wines because although 85% of Von Buhl’s...
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See this guide to 2007 Rhône tasting notes on this site. Here is the first lot of Rhône 2007 tasting...
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These wines were shown at a ‘New Douro’ tasting in London at the end of October. UK importers and occasionally...
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The following 35 wines are some of those of which the fine wine retailer Jeroboams, with several shops around London...
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Italy does quite well for wine guides but some of them are pretty unwieldy. Gambero Rosso’s Italian wines, for example...
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Believe it or not, the wine range at the decidedly downmarket ASDA supermarket chain, now owned by Walmart, has been...
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The following 18 Italian Rieslings were shown at the recent Riselingfest in Alto Adige described here. ( Pretty picture of...
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I tasted these 50 red Rhône wines back in May for British Airways business class. There is nothing sinister in...
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The following tasting notes are compiled from several different tastings held in London in September and October by various importers...
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I don’t often post tasting notes on wines that are more than a century old here but below are descriptions...
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There were some very serious and well-made wines here – quite a change from the mass-market retailers. None of the...
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Below are notes on some top-quality wines that are actually ready to drink, and available to British wine lovers by...
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Mel Jones, currently working on her Master of Wine dissertation, gives us her impressions of 54 of the wines from...
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