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Wines of the week A non-alcoholic wine that’s a welcome alternative to mineral water and fruit juice, plus its lower-priced bargain alternative, Steinbock. From...

Mission Blind Tasting How to identify this characterful variety in its various guises, from Germany and elsewhere. Today’s lesson is devoted to one...

Wines of the week Übergangs wine – a wine to bridge warm afternoons and cool evenings, spring and summer, red and white, past and...

Free for all From Alsace’s Rangen vineyard and Germany’s Ürziger Würzgarten to the volcanic fields of France’s Auvergne and Armenia’s highlands. Another cache...

Tasting articles A growing network of low-intervention winemakers is redefining Franken’s historic terroir. Above, shrouded in fog, one of the steep, terraced...

Tasting articles Crisp, refreshing springtime sparklers, juicy reds and drool-worthy dessert wines not to miss. Above, the village of Olena in Tuscany...

Tasting articles Another outstanding crop of shape-shifting, vineyard-specific wines from an excellent and very small harvest. Klaus Peter Keller’s summary of what...

Wine news in 5 Plus the effect of rising oil prices on the wine world, Argentina’s declining consumption, Germany’s changing export market, and a...

Free for all Overstocked wine collectors round the world share their strategies. A much shorter version of this article is published by the...

Wine news in 5 Also, news on Germany’s Henkell group buying out legendary Cava company Freixenet and legal challenges to France’s copper fungicide bans...

Tasting articles A flurry of wines to chase the winter blues away. Above, Ina and Heiko Bamberger, makers of one such wine...

Nick on restaurants An annual round-up of gastronomic pleasure. Above, the German island of Sylt which provided Nick with an excess of it...

Wine news in 5 Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard...

Tasting articles In a perilous vintage, Germany’s best 2023 Spätburgunders are a testament to nerve and precision in the vineyard. Also see...

Tasting articles Germany’s supporting cast of white grape varieties proved eloquent in the challenging 2024 vintage. See also New GG releases in...

Tasting articles A groundbreaking tasting of three key Eastern European varieties across 10 countries at Kog 25 Pannonia. There is a tiny...