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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on June 8, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, now updated to reflect all we’ve published on...
Julian Leidy
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The cross-Channel special relationship
A look at Anglo-French love through the lens of wine. Plus a guide to the UK’s fine-wine traders. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Jancis Robinson
• 9 min read
Wine news in 5
Brutal weather threatens vineyards, Chianti rosé, latest global wine stats
Plus some wine-scholarship opportunities and events and site news before the Wine News takes a break. Before I dive in, I’d like to congratulate Jancis for taking #2 in Drinks...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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Wines of the week
A deliciously deep, sultry beaujolais that's irresistible now but could age well, too, starting at $23.99, £19.95.
Of the Beaujolais...
Wines of the week
An organically grown, all-seasons red from the Loire that's both immediately delicious and cellar-worthy – for just €12, $14.99, £20...
Wine news in 5
Single-quinta vintage port announcements are a rare bright spot in a week of frost reports and new data on falling...
Wine news in 5
A new study suggests that local fungi fare better than fungicides when combating grapevine-trunk diseases, Majestic acquires Vagabond, and other...
Wine news in 5
Sustainability is today’s theme, whether it’s the question of removing alcohol from wine or creating a sustainable life for farmers...
Wine news in 5
Plus some good news from Portugal. (Above, the waterfront in Vila Nova de Gaia.) But first, some exciting events coming...
Wine news in 5
Lots of positive news this week, from French farmers' rights to Australian initiatives in sustainable packaging and Napa's 2022 vintage...
Wine news in 5
While freezing temperatures have devastated vineyards on Canada's west coast and in Washington, California's 2023 crush – the largest in...
Wine news in 5
A new wine communicator award from 67 Pall Mall is a bright spot among continued reports of unrest in France...
Wine news in 5
Uneasy times in the south of France and at Vintage Wine Estates on the US West Coast, while Saudi Arabia...
Tasting articles
Olivier Faucon of Mas Combarèla, pictured above, is just one of so many over-achievers in France's most extensive wine region...
Travel tips
Current Paris resident Chris Howard takes us by the hand and explains that a directionless stroll is preferable to a...
Book reviews
Jon Bonné goes far deeper than wine in his newest book, published earlier this year. The New French Wine Redefining...
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In this enlightening entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, historian and wine writer Charlie Leary writes about his favourite...
Travel tips
The last of a three-part series on sustainable wine touring in the Languedoc from Louise Hurren. Here she focuses on...
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In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, English vicar, long-standing Purple Pager and regular contributor to our Members'...
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