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New French grape variety, Argentina's falling exports, UK's rising wine taxes
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 February 2026
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Wine news in 5
Global wine production falls, burgundy bottles lighten up, UK hospitality sector struggles
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 14 November 2025
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Wine news in 5
Hail and fires in France, Australian organics upset, a Burgundy–UK venture
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 12 July 2025
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Nick on restaurants
The late Sir Fredy Fisher, the editor of the FT from 1973 to 1980, would, I believe, have been spinning...
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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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This letter, signed by John Corbet-Milward of the UK's Wine and Spirit Trade Assocation, Chris Foss of Plumpton College and...
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Come back tomorrow for news of perhaps an even greater achievement for English ferments....JR
Smell is the most evocative of...
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14 June – In response to some of our keen-eyed Purple Pagers, William Boyack of the Wine & Spirit Trade...
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27 Mar - Michael's brother David and widow Lynne announce that the reception afterwards for those attending the memorial service...
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19 Mar - Hooray! This campaign has succeeded in scrapping the duty escalator, as just announced by George Osborne in...
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Following the publication of How wine travels nowadays – in bulk on Saturday, I was sent the following (unedited) comments...
Alex on taste
What happens when an irresistible force meets an unmovable object? British wine drinkers may be about to find out. The...
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Those of you heading for London for the Olympics may like to know what sort of state the countryside is...
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Yesterday the baby-faced George Osborne who, as the grandly titled Chancellor of the Exchequer, is in charge of our country’s...
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Patricia Stefanowicz MW, immediate past chairman of the competition and current judge, gives us the inside track on this year's...
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The UK Wine and Spirit Trade Association probaly had this press release ready weeks ago in anticipation of yet another...
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The pretty country town of Ludlow on the English/Welsh border has established itself over the last few years as the...
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