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Rioja at 100 – singular wines
A focus on single-village, single-vineyard and single-variety Rioja. Above, Juan Carlos Sancha and his mule working the Cerro la Isa vineyard – source of Ferran’s standout white wine of the...
Ferran Centelles
Monday 9 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Northern California Zinfandel
Picking out value and genuine interest in California wine. More on Saturday. Above, an old Zinfandel vine at Dry Creek Vineyard, whose prices are especially reasonable and its practices admirably...
Jancis Robinson
Thursday 5 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Santorini's treasures – the wines
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 4 March 2026
• 2 min read
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Plenty of drinking pleasure on offer in 2024 – and likely without a long wait. The team at Clos du...
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The fine sparkling-wine producers of Oregon are getting organised. Above, Lytle-Barnett’s Windfall vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon (credit: Lester...
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More than 120 Greek wines tasted in the Peloponnese and in London. This peacock in the grounds of Mercouri estate...
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The wines Brunello producers are most proud of from the 2021 vintage, assessed. See also Walter’s overview of the vintage...
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Wines for the festive season, pulled from our last month of tastings. Above, fog over the California vineyards of Haliotide...
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Following Walter’s overview of the vintage last Friday, here’s the first instalment of his wine reviews. Above, Leonardo Berti, winemaker...
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An attractive and solid vintage to enjoy in its youth. See this guide to our coverage of the 2024 vintage...
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The first of Ali’s reports on Rhône reds from the tricky 2024 vintage. See this guide to everything we’ve published...
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A Chardonnay from Bordeaux is among this month’s collection from Singapore.
There are almost 30,000 tasting notes for varietal Chardonnays...
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In some cases, whites have the upper hand over reds in 2024. For all our coverage of the 2024 vintage...
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With larger allocations and prices held steady, it’s an exciting year for buyers. Above, new Vega Sicilia managing director Jessica...
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Tesco may not be a source of sublime wine but it’s packed with bargains, some of them non-mainstream.
Jancis writes...
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From Chardonnay to Zierfandler, the final report from Tara and Julia’s marathon Austrian tasting.
Tara writes One could argue that...
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There is no such thing as a bad vintage; there is only hard and harder. And Styria’s 2023s prove their...
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From transparent Pinot Noir to concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon in remarkably few miles. See also California’s coolest county.
When I revisited...
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What Julia does when she has (almost) finished work.
The five months since my last Portuguese collections have passed in...
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