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The Look of Wine – book review
A compelling call to really look at your wine before you drink it, and appreciate the power of colour. The Look of Wine Reading wine colour Florence de La Rivière...
Tamlyn Currin
Tuesday 9 December 2025
• 7 min read
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A vine-spotter's guide to the City of Light.
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A compelling, courageous, captivating history of wine in Australia, from the 18th century to the present day. The Australian Ark...
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Three essential additions to the literature on Australian wine. (Also see How to Drink Australian, reviewed in September).
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A new translation of a seminal manual rekindles a revolution in the vineyard, over 100 years in the making.
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Chronicles of a life in wine, from four very different viewpoints.
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The year's most notable books – and there are more to come. Watch this space.
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Your new go-to reference for Italian wine, plus a close look at Piemonte and a grape-forward look at Italy's ever-changing...
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An exceptionally beautiful, enjoyable and informative guide to the wines of this dramatic Portuguese archipelago.
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Four new collections that you can dip in and out of at your leisure.
On Burgundy From maddening to marvellous...
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An extremely engaging, thoughtful treatise on how to make every bottle count.
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