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Margaret River v the world
From a forest of wine glasses, a comprehensive exploration of Margaret River’s best bottles and their international competitors. Including a preview of some of the beauties being poured at our...
Richard Hemming MW
Monday 23 February 2026
• 4 min read
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Gippsland comes of age
This cool-climate Australian region is finally living up to its early promise. Winegrowers Patrick Sullivan and Megan McLaren are pictured above (credit: Guy Lavoipierre). When I moved to Melbourne in...
Max Allen
Friday 20 February 2026
• 2 min read
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – biting the bullet in 2023
Julia Harding MW
Tuesday 17 February 2026
• 2 min read
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A clutch of under-the-radar Washington wines to seek out. Above, Roskamp Vineyard on Snipes Mountain in Yakima Valley.
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Johnny Goedhuis's Bordeaux Dinner at The Savoy hotel in London last year offered an ideal opportunity to look at this...
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An Alsace view on the region's distinctive and delicious wines, from sparkling through white, orange, pink, red and dessert. Bitter...
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19 February 2024 Late additions: tasting notes on wines from Antoine et Laurent Robin are now included below.
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Concluding our reviews of 2022 burgundies tasted in London in January. Image above by Jon Wyand . See this guide...
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19 February 2024 Late additions: tasting notes on wines from Domaine Henri Magnien are now included below.
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19 February 2024 Late additions: tasting notes on wines from Domaine René Lequin-Colin are now included below.
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19 February 2024 Late additions: tasting notes on wines from Domaines Jean Guiton and Huber-Verdereau have now been added.
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The third of eight alphabetically ordered articles containing reviews of the hundreds of 2022 burgundies tasted in London earlier this...
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This is the second of eight alphabetically ordered articles containing 900+ reviews of 2022 burgundies tasted in London earlier this...
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Today we begin publication of the complete and finalised tasting notes on 2022 burgundies tasted by two of our London-based...
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Battle of the giants – lots of them. The image above is of the star of the show, Taittinger's Comtes...
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If you're looking for an antidote to the influx of tasting notes on 2022 burgundies, here are some worldly options...
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How much power is too much? Above, Grand Cru Brand, from the middle of the vineyard.
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An obscure grape found in the Jura region of France and in the Douro region of Portugal has become indelibly...
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A driving force in the viticultural landscape of South-West France that fosters co-operation without sacrificing local identity. Above, an early-morning...
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