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Ballymaloe's charms
An international institution in the southern Irish countryside. In 2011 I travelled to Ballymaloe House, a 40-minute drive from Cork, Ireland, to stay the night and to interview the late...
Nick Lander
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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on 8 June, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, newly updated. 28 June 2023 The Old Vine...
Julian Leidy
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Travel tips
30 June 2022 We republish this useful guide in our Throwback Thursday series, for wine lovers descending on Burgundy this...
Tasting articles
What's worth drinking from La Belle France at the moment? Above, the end of a day's harvest at Dom St-Gayan...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
I wonder whether curious wine lovers realise how...
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Later Promising young enterprise Stakhovsky Wines in Zakarpattia, western Ukraine, set up by Ukraine's top tennis player, desperately needs 36,000...
Book reviews
The last group of books that arrived in 2021 is an eclectic bunch that not only roves from America to...
Tasting articles
Some great finds, in bottle and keg, from the UK's leading proponent of wine on tap. See also Tapping the...
Book reviews
Three books on French wine regions in 2021, including the long-anticipated second edition of Jasper Morris's iconic book on Burgundy...
Tasting articles
A tasting of wines from French co-ops took place almost under the Eiffel Tower recently.
The mood in the light...
Nick on restaurants
Lameloise and Troisgros compared. Quite honestly, these Lameloise rolls alone are worth a detour to Chagny. A version of this...
Nick on restaurants
Two old favourites reviewed as we make our way back across the Channel. Above, Sachiko and Mikihiko Sawahata of Bissoh...
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Hilary McGrath writes in, with her entry: 'Hilary McGrath is a French to English translator and proofreader, specialising in wine...
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The Panmans have inadvertently frequented our Purple Pages one way or another over the last 12 years, their beautiful Limoux...
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Charlotte Fenwick writes, ' A chartered accountant based in Newcastle, I spend too much of my time daydreaming about red...
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' Please find attached my first ever piece of prose. La Roque vineyard belongs to Domaine Jones and covers a...
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Sara Underdown is wine writer specialising in champagne and contributes to a number of print and online publications including Delicious...
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Janice Macdonald introduces her competition entry with, ' When I moved to France eight years ago, I knew nothing about...
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