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Our 2026 wine writing competition
23 June 2026 New prizes added to enhance the winners’ wine-drinking pleasure. 18 June 2026 Prizes announced! Académie du Vin Library, the sponsor of the 2026 wine writing competition, has...
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In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, wine and travel writer Marisa Finetti writes an ode to an...
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After a preliminary round of judging, we're excited to begin publishing the best entries to our 2025 wine writing competition...
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Julia Harding, Sam Cole-Johnson and Arnica Rowan make the shortlist for the 'Pulitzers of wine'.
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A quirky, intimate tour of Montalcino, a pan-Italian history and a multifaceted immersion in Tuscany. The Magpie’s Guide to Montalcino...
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Follow the latest releases, or take a break from the news and write an ode to your favourite grape variety...
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Camilla Gjerde shows us how we can all lower our carbon footprints whether we're buying, selling or making wine. Natural...
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Natasha Hughes MW reviews Richard Hemming MW's candid guide to the complex maze of matching wine with a wide variety...
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Two essential guides to overlooked wine regions – the Jura and the Loire – and a third on Rioja, the...
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Last year I wrote about another aspect of wine language: false friends and confusing terms. Today it’s the turn of...
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After London's Burgundy Week, this latest book from the more unrestrained, indulgent and coruscating half of the Keeling Andrew wine...
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Wine guides can make great gifts, and here they are in four flavours, from a classic pocketbook to the deeply...
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A guide to wine made without artifice, for the curious, the experienced and the doubters alike.
Natural Wine, No Drama...
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Spain’s most famous gourmet died on 18 October, five days after suffering a stroke in his office. Above, de la...
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Star sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier applies her philosophy studies, extraordinary wine knowledge and indefatigable curiosity in an exceptional, thought-provoking book.
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