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Our 2025 wine writing competition – the winners
Announcing the winners, runners-up and highly commended authors from our record-breaking 2025 wine writing competition. See this competition guide to read all 73 published entries. The 2025 wine writing competition...
Julian Leidy
Thursday 18 September 2025
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Our 2025 wine writing competition – the shortlist
Julian Leidy
Thursday 11 September 2025
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67 Pall Mall Awards – top wine communicators of 2025
Jancis Robinson
Monday 8 September 2025
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