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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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The annual en primeur presentation of the 2006 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino last Friday and Saturday has already caused...
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I recently sat next to an American wine writer who informed me that he didn’t like South African wine and...
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Saturday, especially Saturday of Super Bowl weekend, is a strange day to send out an important announcement, especially one from...
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One night during Burgundy 2009 week in London when I went to 12 tastings in five days, Nick took me...
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It really is a very small world. Eric LeVine, founder of the world's biggest collection of tasting notes CellarTracker, has...
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The wine trade is never quickest off the mark. We published a set of wine consumer New Year's resolutions on...
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