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Opus 1979-2000 tasting 19 May 2026
Tasting articles Opus One 1979–2000

A vertical tasting takes Jancis back to the groundbreaking beginning of this emblematic California red. Left to right in a private room in 67 Pall Mall, London: Margaret Rand, Michael...

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Agnes Paquet of Auxey-Duresses
Tasting articles Many of the wines offered by this online retail arm of UK importer Flint Wines should be available in other...
Paula Sidore tasting red GGs in Wiesbaden 2021 courtesy VDP copyright Peter Bender
Tasting articles In the last instalment – with lots of high scores! – of their reports from this year's showing of the...
Pontet-Canet lunch
Tasting articles Was Alfred Tesseron's embrace of biodnamics justified? James Lawther MW finds out. In 2005 Alfred Tesseron, owner of Ch Pontet-Canet...
Dirty Dozen
Tasting articles Tam fought her way through the crowds to taste a grand total of 113 wines. Many struck her as real...
2017 white bordeaux empty bottles at the Southwold tasting
Tasting articles The final of three reports on this year's Southwold-on-Thames blind tasting of 2017 bordeaux. See Tom's reports on right-bank reds...
2017 first growths at 2021 Southwold tasting
Tasting articles The second of three reports on this year's Southwold-on-Thames blind tasting of 2017 bordeaux. See yesterday's report on right-bank reds...
Socially distanced Southwold tasting of 2017s in 2021
Tasting articles The first of three reports on this year's Southwold-on-Thames blind tasting of 2017 bordeaux, more socially distanced than usual as...
Oregon folks in vines to publicise wine touring
Tasting articles Oregon wine's image is distinctive, as witness this deliberately folksy picture for the Oregon Touring Guide on the official Oregon...
Hoheliete Grosse Lage vineyard in Rödelsee, Franken
Tasting articles Above, the Hoheleite Grosse Lage in Rödelsee, source of Paul Weltner's Silvaner that so enticed Paula. See also the reviews...
Weingut Dönnhoff harvest workers
Tasting articles Above, harvest workers in the vineyards of Nahe superstar, Weingut Dönnhoff. See also yesterday's reviews of Riesling GGs from the...
Tasting hall at the VDP preview tasting in Wiesbaden 2021
Tasting articles The supremely well-organised (and beautifully lit) presentation of the latest Grosse Gewächse in Wiesbaden was attended this year by Michael...
CWG Proteges 2021
Tasting articles Latest releases from the likes of David and Nadia Sadie, Richard Kershaw MW and May-Eliane de Lencquesaing's Glenelly together with...
Weingut May harvest lunch
Tasting articles 27 February 2022 Eva Fricke's more serious 2020s have at last been added. 3 October 2021 Eva Fricke's five screwcapped...
Leithaberg, Burgenland © Austrian Wine by Anna Stöcher
Tasting articles If the question is Austria, the answer is Grüner. Isn't it? Tamlyn writes You'd think so. It's certainly the most...
Lleida - La Seu Vella photo by Tiia Monto
Tasting articles A vast and diverse inland Catalan wine region surveyed and tasted blind, with profiles of two of the most interesting...
Vinhas dos Utras on Pico by AM
Tasting articles We are not going to stop trying to convert you to the unique delights of Portuguese wine … Turns out...
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