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Languedoc whites – looking to the future
Part one of a two-part exploration of change in the vineyards of southern France. Not for the first time, I’ve come away from the Languedoc convinced that it’s the whites...
Tamlyn Currin
Tuesday 16 December 2025
• 5 min read
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The greatest-ever champagne vintage?
A comparative tasting of champagne from the highly acclaimed 1996 vintage and the overshadowed 1995. And a daring way to remove a recalcitrant champagne cork. Was 1996 the greatest-ever champagne...
Andy Howard MW
Monday 15 December 2025
• 4 min read
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Miami-based Sarah Phillips of Liv-ex, winner of last summer's writing competition, swapped classed growths for canned wine for a while...
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Wines from £12.25 to £29.95 from Britain's most venerable wine merchant, whose beginnings owe much to a rival stimulant. See...
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Here is the second half of a photo report of visits to some of South Africa's leading producers. See also...
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A comparison of current releases from six of the most admired single-estate producers in Champagne with two similarly styled wines...
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Tam visits and tastes a wide range of wines from Hungary's most famous wine region and finds some gems –...
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The perfect way to assess a grand cru. Many thanks to wine photographer Jon Wyand for this image, too.
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12 wines that are, in theory at least, available via 39 independent UK retailers, many of whom we have featured...
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The first half of an extensive two-part report on the increasingly exciting wines of the Cape. See also South Africa...
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Many moons ago – well, last September – two of Australia's most famous family wine companies joined forces to share...
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Serious beaujolais is one of the best-value wines around. But how do the recent vintages that are currently drinking so...
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23 June 2020 Further additions to this article: Chx Meyney, Pontet-Canet, Grand-Puy Ducasse, Haut-Bages Libéral, Durfort-Vivens, Ferrière and d’Issan (including...
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See this guide to our survey of dozens selected by independent UK wine merchants.
Jeroboams with its eight shops in...
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The second half of a survey of some of the brightest and best of California. See also New-wave California A–J...
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California is about so much more than Napa Cabernet and basic brands, and more and more of these lighter, fresher...
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15 June 2020 New additions to this article: wines from Quintus, Troplong Mondot, L'If, Le Pin, Nénin, Ch de Sales...
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A dozen wines, plus a great-value box of Provençal rosé, from a widely dispersed country wine merchant. See this guide...
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