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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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Oh dear. In a few hours' time I'm supposed to set off on a very brief visit to the Most...
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Jeremy Palmer, managing director of Lay & Wheeler since the company was acquired by Majestic, announces that his old fine...
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I am completely re-evaluating my collection of wine memorabilia in the light of the news that empty bottles that once...
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I went to 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister’s official residence, for the first time last night, to a...
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See my survey of 1999 red bordeaux later this week, and feel free to add a comment below. For many...
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It's obvious that the recession has crippled wine sales at the high end, at least in the United States. Americans...
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Yesterday we published a video record of where Frédéric Engerer, president of Ch Latour, was last weekend (see Latour in...
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To the bemusement of many observers, The Fladgate Partnership responsible for such ports as Taylor's, Fonseca and Croft, with the...
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I’m giving the London International Wine Trade Fair, at Excel until Thursday night, a miss this year. It’s a long...
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I was initially a bit sceptical about Twitter but it has increasingly seemed like an unstoppable force, so we started...
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Leave it to the extraordinarily energetic and creative Peter Gago to ratchet up Penfolds’ annual, much ballyhooed 1 May release...
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I must admit that my general tone when describing the Bordeaux market is one of cynicism and scepticism, so it...
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I have a bit more detail on Foster's big sale from the company that is most famous for Penfolds, Lindemans...
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My spies tell me that one of Australia's finest winemakers has just been 'let go' by the large company that...
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A funny thing happened at the Riesling Master Tasting I was asked to host at Vinitaly a week ago. It...
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American investor Charles A Banks is on the prowl. He has now severed his links with cult Napa Valley winery...
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