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The age of rosé
It can pay to age your rosé , Julian Leidy reports from Elizabeth Gabay MW’s Fine Rosé Day conference. We’re living in an age of rosé. A 2023 study by...
Julian Leidy
Tuesday 17 March 2026
• 2 min read
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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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Those of us in the northern hemisphere are just approaching what we hope will be a good season for drinking...
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Scott Kerrigan and Damien Casten's notes on DRC's 2004s tasted from barrel in the Domaine's cellars in Burgundy can be...
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All of these Pessac-Léognan whites were tasted blind, as you can probably tell from the notes. The word in Bordeaux...
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There are some wonderful, wonderful wines here – set to rival the best 2001s. The extraordinary feature of 2005 for...
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There should be some real value in this little collection of the wines carrying the appellations Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur, Côtes...
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The 120-plus wines described below include the greatest young St-Émilion I have ever tasted, Cheval Blanc, and some excellent wines...
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And so we move on to the right bank after all last week’s left bank tasting notes and find lots...
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I was very impressed by the number of successful Pessac-Léognans and Graves made in 2005. You’ll find notes on many...
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Battle of the giants between Cos and the under-sale Montrose here – and giant is the word for the proportions...
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Lots of heavy hitters here. Latour has excelled itself again, and yet Lafite is a stunning wine and continues to...
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This was, as usual, a very solid performance though perhaps not as relatively thrilling as in some more difficult years...
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Ripeness seemed to reach record levels in all three of these appellations – perhaps partly because of the relatively high...
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On the basis of the tasting noted below, I feel confident that many 1996s, especially on the left bank which...
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Below are my tasting notes in full on the 70 vintage champagnes tasted in the tasting described in fine wine...
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For the background to how these 22 wines were tasted, see News from Ampuis. Guigal, Condrieu La Doriane 2005 17...
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Last December I had a chance to taste a vertical of 14 of the most notable vintages of Ornellaia since...
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