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Bordeaux 2025 – a pivotal en primeur campaign?
Nick Martin reflects as another en primeur campaign winds up. Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste (pictured above) bundled a visit to the property with the en primeur purchase of their ‘variation case’ this...
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Plus some wine-scholarship opportunities and events and site news before the Wine News takes a break. Before I dive in...
Nick on restaurants
It’s much easier to sell wine to guests than to distant customers. Bordeaux has been opening up to hospitality. A...
Tasting articles
Tiny yields made for powerful whites, especially the very promising sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac. Château Suduiraut, pictured above...
Tasting articles
12 May 2026 New additions, tasted by Julia in London: La Conseillante, Clos Fourtet and Domaine de l’A. 5 May...
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A guide to all our coverage of this small but promising vintage. Above, Cabernet Sauvignon at Château Montrose on 18...
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12 May 2026 New additions, tasted by Julia in London: Batailley, Pichon Comtesse, de Pez, Lagrange, Léoville Poyferré, Poujeaux and...
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A happy surprise after a hot and fast growing season. Above, harvest at Château Montrose in St-Estèphe on 18 September...
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Gavin Quinney, of Château Bauduc in the Entre-Deux-Mers, reports in detail on Bordeaux’s smallest harvest in decades. Above, Cabernet Sauvignon...
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Reasons why the same wine might be scored differently (including taster failure). A version of this article is published by...
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The world’s most famous global winemaking consultant has died. Michel Rolland died yesterday at age 79. Raised at his family’s...
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Plus mining company buying vineyard land in Australia and Champagne’s CO 2 emission goals raised. Above, red lines show major...
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Overstocked wine collectors round the world share their strategies. A much shorter version of this article is published by the...
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An overview of the 2016s tasted at 10 years old. See tasting articles on right-bank reds and sweet whites and...
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Impressions from the most recent Ten Years On tastings held by Bordeaux Index and Farr Vintners. See this report on...
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The first of three articles about this lauded vintage. See 2016 bordeaux at 10 years - left-bank reds, David v...
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A final report on this year’s Southwold-on-Thames tasting of about 200 wines from the unusually hot, dry 2022 vintage. A...
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