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Harvest starts in France, new US tariff concerns, Gallo winery closure
Plus the latest wine-industry reports from Australia and the UK. Above, Buckwell Vineyard, Chapel Down's newest plantation, 119 ha (294 acres) planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in Kent in...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 2 August 2025
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Wine news in 5
What the US elections mean for the wine industry, defining old vines, UK duty hike response
Plus an update on the floods in Spain and reminder of our ongoing 2023 Rhône coverage. Above, the new low-alcohol wines created to skirt the UK duty hikes. Before I...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 9 November 2024
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Wine news in 5
Spain's devastating floods, UK autumn Budget impacts, Germany's small harvest
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 2 November 2024
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Andy Howard MW continues his series on the major UK retailers. See also his performance reviews of Aldi and Lidl...
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1 June While the British media are flooded with coverage of next week’s general election, so intimately entwined with Brexit...
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Founder of the international fine-wine market Michael Broadbent of Christie’s celebrated his 90th birthday this week, not just once but...
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27 April For this week’s Throwback Thursday we are republishing, free for all, Simon Reilly’s gleeful confessions of a wine...
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Andy Howard MW continues his review of the UK retail scene with a look at the wines offered by the...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The Bunch group of independent British wine merchants was...
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Much is being made today of the fact that sales of wine at over £10 a bottle at Tesco, Britain's...
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