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Blind tasting, part 2 – gathering visual clues
Just looking closely can help you figure out what wine is in your glass. Welcome back to Mission Blind Tasting! Now that we’ve covered the varied approaches to blind tasting...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Thursday 19 February 2026
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The Southwold tastings – a history
Jancis Robinson
Thursday 12 February 2026
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Blind tasting, part 1 – essential tools
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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Joss Fowler (pictured) wrote several revelatory articles for us a few months ago and muses below on the topic of...
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The last few weeks have been better than most for wine stories in the British press. First, the Daily Mail...
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Today's Throwback Thursday offering is one of Alex Hunt MW's bi-monthly columns, first published on 5 December 2013. They are...
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Calling all Riesling lovers who will be in or near London on the evening of Monday 12 May. Purple Pagers...
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Today’s Throwback Thursday article is a historic throwback: Alex’s comments, published on Purple Pages yesterday, on a trove of 50-year-old...
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Maggie Rosen writes: What does your sense of smell mean to you? Next time you enjoy a glass of wine...
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The Magnificent Seven may be the name of the 1960 western directed by John Sturges, but in the following article...
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