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Portuguese collection late 2025 – red and fortified
See also the companion article on sparkling, white and rosé wines published last month. For more ports and Madeiras, see Jancis’s recent collection of strong stuff and her sweet and...
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 17 December 2025
• 24 min read
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Languedoc whites – looking to the future
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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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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A selection of current releases from producers in Bugey, Savoie and Jura.
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Alistair Cooper MW immerses himself in the state's Syrahs and Cabernets for the first time and compares them with their...
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A big name in Baden, inspired by techniques learnt at the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
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An Australian and a Brit with a sense of humour, faith in their growers' vineyards and a respect for vintage...
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A dozen rather grand wines chosen by a UK wine merchant. See this guide to our survey of dozens selected...
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As proof of his assertion that pergola vine training systems can produce great wines, Walter shares this list. See also...
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29 May 2020 See details of Flint's acquisition of one of their direct competitors Domaine Direct in our Members' forum...
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Some Greek treats in the latest instalment of surveys of dozens chosen by independent UK wine merchants. See this guide...
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A cool-climate, bushfire-burnt Australian wine region that deserves to be better known.
Tumbarumba in the foothills of the Australian Alps...
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Mainly very fine Chardonnay, mostly (though not all) from Australia, but some Australian Rieslings, and some French and American Chardonnays...
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A range of fresh, delicate and terroir-transparent wines are given the red-carpet treatment. See the introduction to Arnoux-Lachaux – a...
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Continuing our reviews of a dozen offerings from an independent UK wine merchant, we examine wines chosen by an operation...
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See also Ferran’s introduction to this series and his tasting articles devoted to northern Chile and central Chile.
In this...
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See also Ferran’s introduction to this series and his tasting article devoted to northern Chile.
My tasting of the wines...
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See Ferran’s introduction to this project. Tasting reports on central and southern Chile to follow.
My tasting of the wines...
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