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Wine Snobbery – book review
A scathing take on the wine industry that reminds us to keep asking questions – about wine, and about everything else. Wine Snobbery An insider’s guide to the booze business...
Henry Jeffreys
Thursday 4 December 2025
• 4 min read
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Tim Schwilk writes an ode to Semillon. Too see all the...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, wine blogger Allison Wallace writes a spirited defence of Chardonnay. See...
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