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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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Britain's largest off-licence chain, owned by First Quench Retailing, is yet again refashioning itself, turning more and more of its...
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These 30+ vintage and de luxe champagnes were tasted blind in response to a tender for British Airways first class...
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Much excitement has surrounded the 2004 Barolos, which is why we have seized all opportunities to taste them. You can...
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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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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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