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Blind tasting, part 9 – Riesling
How to identify this characterful variety in its various guises, from Germany and elsewhere. Today’s lesson is devoted to one of the wine world’s most cherished varieties: Riesling. It’s also...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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Volcanic wines from Armenia, France, Germany
From Alsace’s Rangen vineyard and Germany’s Ürziger Würzgarten to the volcanic fields of France’s Auvergne and Armenia’s highlands. Another cache of wines from the 2026 Volcanic Wine Awards. Above, the...
Tara Q Thomas
• 3 min read
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Here's (most of) what the Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace has to say about this year's vintage. Harvesting finished in...
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See this guide to our autumn collections . The wines below, all white, are listed in descending score order. It...
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This seems a great (northern hemisphere) time of year to focus on the crisp, often underrated and under-examined wines of...
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I have always had a soft spot for Alsace wine, and my first visit to the region in 2010 cemented...
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The most recent tasting of the Royal Household Wine Committee in the cellars of Buckingham Palace was devoted to Alsace...
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From €12.90, £14.95, NZ$35, AU$29 Find this winePutting together my collections of the finest wines of the year to be...
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Purple Pager Graham Nutter, owner of the Minervois property Ch St Jacques d'Albas, bought a collection of various vintages of...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See my tasting notes on 139...
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Those of us who travelled to Alsace earlier this month for the day-long tasting that was La Journée du Riesling...
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Alsace wine producers are feeling the pressure of competition from Germany’s remodelled Rieslings and accordingly organised La Journée du Riesling...
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Vineyard land changes hands all the time, but some transactions are more significant than most. Whatever one of France's richest...
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To partner yesterday's Alsace – 10 top producers, the following wines were tasted at the offices of the Conseil Interprofessionnel...
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Richard also tasted a variety of Alsace wines presented by the Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace in Colmar. These tasting...
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From £22, £49.98, €31.95. Find this wine Persuading readers of this site to drink Riesling shouldn’t be a problem. Especially...
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For over 200 tasting notes on every conceivable style and variety of Alsace wines, see Alsace – 10 top producers...
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One of the most interesting blind tastings undertaken recently in the bowels of Buckingham Palace by those of us on...
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