The first of a week-long wallow in sparkling tasting articles focuses on grower champagnes. See this guide to our Week of Effervescence. Tim Hall of …
10 Dec 2018 Jancis Robinson
Another look at 2015 Barolo, and Brunello di Montalcino from the notorious 2014 vintage, to add to Walter's Barolo report published yesterday. You…
7 Dec 2018 Jancis Robinson
Walter previews the forthcoming Barolo vintage, and took this picture of morning fog in the vineyard. Jancis adds some more notes in Anteprima…
6 Dec 2018 Walter Speller
A report from the Masters of Wine's annual look at four-year-old bordeaux. Every November in Vintners' Hall, on the morning before the annual…
5 Dec 2018 Jancis Robinson
A look at some of Argentina's most creative wine producers. It was pointed out, quite rightly, that we have not published anything focused on…
4 Dec 2018 Jancis Robinson
A tasting of mature ports that was glorious but tinged with sadness. In early November Paul (left) and Charles Symington of the family that…
3 Dec 2018 Jancis Robinson
A small tasting that revealed the fascinating and unpredictable effects of ageing champagne under the sea. ‘This is going to be a problem for us’,…
30 Nov 2018 Julia Harding MW
A half-century of wines from the oldest British wine and spirit merchant.Since the demise of Christopher & Co, Berry Bros & Rudd claim to be Britain's…
29 Nov 2018 Jancis Robinson
Four dozen wines of which some of Britain's finest independent retailers are most proud.The Bunch is a group of six smart UK wine merchants founded…
28 Nov 2018 Jancis Robinson
The impressive 2017 vintage results in some top scores from the northern Rhône's best names. To find out more about the northern Rhône in 2017, see…
27 Nov 2018 Richard Hemming MW
Dozens of newly released Condrieus tasted and rated, among other northern Rhône whites. To find out more about the northern Rhône in 2017, see this…
26 Nov 2018 Richard Hemming MW
Bigger is not always better for 2017 southern Rhône whites, as these tasting notes attest. For a more detailed review of the southern Rhône in 2017,…
22 Nov 2018 Richard Hemming MW
Rich pickings from the 2017 vintage in the southern Rhône, beyond Châteauneuf. For a more detailed review of the southern Rhône in 2017, see this…
21 Nov 2018 Richard Hemming MW
Richard takes the temperature of special bottlings from a hot vintage in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. For a more detailed review of the southern Rhône in…
20 Nov 2018 Richard Hemming MW
Tasting notes on the principal bottlings of the southern Rhône's most famous name, Châteauneuf-du-Pape. For a more detailed review of the southern…
19 Nov 2018 Richard Hemming MW
