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Skin contact, skin maceration, fermentation on the skins – what's the difference? Julia breaks it down. Above, Pedro Mendes, younger...
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In today's 2023 wine writing competition entry, wine enthusiast Claire Mumford writes about winemaker Justin Trabue. See our competition guide...
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A deep dive into VSCs and correct sulphur-related terms. Virginia Willcock is toying with the idea of putting a permanent...
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The winemaking technique no one wants to talk about.
A slowly growing number of American winemakers are relying on the...
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Nigel Greening, who wrote the popular Don't drink your own wine, on the importance of a confessional retreat for winemakers...
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Research from New Zealand suggests that that wine headache may be caused by something you have never heard of. See...
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Samantha bids farewell, for a while. Snow-covered Mount Hood in the background of this view from the Oregon winery. I...
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24 October Today we are republishing free this seventh illuminating episode of Sam’s behind-the scenes harvest diary.
21 October Samantha...
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A Purple Pager asked Elaine a question after her recent account of a vertical of Corison Kronos and the answer...
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Moshe Cohen is based in Manchester, England. He had a small wine business from 1999 until 2007 when he decided...
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Fifteen years ago, at the height of wine critic Robert Parker’s influence and fame, WIRED magazine wrote an article about...
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The level of detail in the technical presentations at last month’s International Cool Climate Wine Symposium in Brighton, alluded to...
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This is a longer version of an article also published by the Financial Times. Find 1,000 tasting notes on 2013...
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This article is also published in the Financial Times. In my little puddle of vinous life I am becoming aware...
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It is always fascinating to get some insights into the tremendous effort and innovation that goes into the bottles of...
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Oxygen and its impact on wine is a hot topic at the moment, fuelling fervent activity around the world to...
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