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The Burgundian touch in England's Crouch Valley
The sunny Crouch Valley in Essex lures Burgundians across the Channel to make wine in England. The Times , Britain’s newspaper of record, covered the news that two Burgundian winemakers...
Henry Jeffreys
Monday 16 March 2026
• 3 min read
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Rioja at 100 – revisiting Contino
Ferran Centelles
Monday 16 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Amphora Wine Day 2025 – the rise and rise of clay
Julia Harding MW
Friday 13 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Here is a little appetiser for my first set of 2005 Rhône tasting notes (112 of them) which I will...
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These notes are all as taken while I was blind tasting a range of 19 de luxe champagnes and six...
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I tasted this collection of top wines in Madrid in last courtesy of the mail order operation TodoVino whose top...
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It was fascinating to taste such a wide range of 2002 red bordeaux so soon after looking at so many...
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The scented Pinot Gris/Grigio grape is certainly the flavour of the month in many parts of the world. It has...
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Here are the notes I made at the London tasting of 2004s in bottle organized by the Union des Grands...
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New Zealand wine is particular passion of mine. I’ve visited this green, pristine country three times in six years. I’ll...
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Here are notes from a partial vertical of the grand vin and second wine of Gruaud Larose, mainly made up...
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Below are tasting notes on several dozen relatively well-priced dry white bordeaux that are currently available. They were tasted blind...
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Spottswoode Cabernets are very particular – delightfully particular. Read more in an accompanying article published in free for all on...
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Patrick Grubb MW ran Sotheby’s wine department 1973-1984 but now runs Patrick Grubb Wine Selections (tel +44 1869 340229) specialising...
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The following fills in the gaps in my coverage of Johannes’ Leitz’s wines, dry(ish) ones first and then listed in...
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Now is a great time to be buying wine for airlines, and indeed for any of us to be buying...
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Here is another tranche of tasting notes on Germany’s rather gorgeous but very varied 2005 vintage: wines from Gunderloch (imported...
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See also an overview of Australian Riesling in free for all and More notable dry Rieslings – mainly Australian The...
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The bulk of these 70+ left bank Bordeaux 1996 were tasted blind at the Sep 8 tasting on which my...
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