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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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Waitrose spring 2021 tasting - top table
Tasting articles Just in time for tomorrow's 25%-off offer on wines and champagnes. Andy gives his overview first, followed by Jancis's. Andy...
Maurizio Alongi in his Chianti Classico vineyard
Tasting articles Current Riserva and Gran Selezione releases – mainly 2018s and 2017s. Consultant oenologist Maurizio Alongi is pictured with his own...
Harvest at Breaky Bottom
Tasting articles We continue our preview of English Wine Week (19–27 June) with a look at multiple sparkling wines. Above, harvest at...
Castagnoli's historic terraces of bushvines in Chianti Classico
Tasting articles Mainly 2019s and 2018s reviewed, and assessed as unexpectedly similar. Recently released Riservas and Gran Seleziones to follow in part...
A view of the Crouch Valley from Martin's Lane Vineyard in Essex
Tasting articles Chardonnay might not be your first thought, if you're looking for a wine to celebrate English Wine Week, from this...
Barone Macri estate in Calabria
Tasting articles The final part of Walter's useful audit of new releases. See also Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte, Lombardia, Alto Adige and...
Santorini and islands
Tasting articles Some great, often unconventional wines, from one of our favourite wine-producing countries. Julia writes Fortunately, bottles arriving from Greece don't...
Clos des Capucins and white horse in Chinon
Tasting articles Some lovely wines, reds as well as whites, for enjoying in warmer weather. See also Tam's Project Loire. Jancis writes...
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Tasting articles Strong wines aplenty here – all deserving of your attention. Julia writes The Big Fortified Tasting, or BFT, has become...
Ch Valandraud vines
Tasting articles More tasting notes from MW friends Ali Cooper and Richard Hemming, some of them – but by no means all...
Ciara Ciavolich © Donatella Mancini
Tasting articles After reporting on new releases from Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte, Lombardia, Alto Adige and Trentino, Friuli and Veneto and Emilia-Romagna...
Mist over Kracher's Nebel vineyard in Austria's Burgenland
Tasting articles Trockenbeerenauslesen aplenty, thanks to morning mists like this one. Kracher of Neusiedlersee in Austria’s Burgenland is one of the world’s...
Cenicero in Rioja, Spain
Tasting articles One more white wine style to celebrate. One that varies quite considerably. I've fallen in love. For years white rioja...
Ch Pichon Baron
Tasting articles See Bordeaux 2020 – a guide for all our coverage of this vintage. Ali Cooper MW and Richard Hemming MW...
Poggio della Dogana brothers
Tasting articles See also part 1 on Valle d'Aosta and Piemonte, part 2 on Lombardia, Alto Adige and Trentino, part 3 on...
Encruzado
Tasting articles Our Portugal specialist over-delivers again. Here, once again (see Where Portugal is now – reds, Where Portugual is now –...
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