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Bordeaux, Burgundy – it's time to irrigate!
4 September 2025 Château Lafleur quitting the restrictive appellation contrôlée system has put irrigation in the spotlight again. We’re republishing this report from 2022, and its riposte, to inform the...
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Thursday 4 September 2025
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Wine production – who pays the price?
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 14 June 2025
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Why the new Regenerative Organic Certification (ROC) may be the gold standard of sustainable certifications. Troon in Oregon, above, is...
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A comprehensive survey of vine-growing as it approaches the North Pole, including the story of Anchorage’s greenhouse vineyards – featuring...
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A thorough assessment of the history, farming and wines produced on a famous Sonoma vineyard.
Gap’s Crown Vineyard is 140...
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We are republishing yesterday's article on Harlan's Vine Masters scheme in Spanish (thanks, Ferran) so that the subjects of the...
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Most California vineyard workers belong to a peripatetic crew. Samantha Cole-Johnson describes a radical alternative being implemented in Harlan properties...
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The choice between outsourcing viticulture or hiring in-house vineyard staff examined.
Among oenophiles, the word ‘terroir’ is discussed ad nauseum...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson charts the fascinating history of one of Napa Valley's distinguishing features.
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30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
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As part of our 20-year anniversary celebrations, Richard investigates how winemaking and consumption have changed since the year 2000. Purple...
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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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Agronomist Maurizio Gily, pictured above by Andreas Maerz, is a specialist in viticulture and oenology as well as editor and...
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One of Italy's most distinctive, ancient and aesthetically pleasing training forms is unjustly burdened with a reputation for producing dilute...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson, who will collect her WSET Diploma at the annual awards ceremony in London's Guildhall tonight, provided us with...
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As Jancis mentioned in her introduction to Dennis Lapuyade’s excellent Vevey for wine lovers published yesterday, I was lucky enough...
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So much has evolved and improved in Argentina since my last visit there, regrettably long ago in December 2005, just...
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See also part one of this mini-series which explores the measuremements behind wine. In this part, we examine the physical...
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