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Azenhas do Mar, Portugal
Inside information Lisboa by the bottle

The wines of this Portuguese region are emerging from the shadows of their history. Above, Azenhas do Mar in Colares. Come back tomorrow for wine reviews and producer details. Four...

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Will Bucklin, Sonoma vine grower
Inside information Samantha Cole-Johnson ventures into Sonoma – to Bedrock, Bucklin Old Hill Ranch, Littorai and Radio-Coteau specifically – to continue her...
Stuart Bewley of Alder Springs in Mendocino, California
Inside information Inspired by a book calling for a soil-based agricultural revolution, Samantha Cole-Johnson went to visit exponents in Napa Valley and...
Lefkadia Valley winery in Krasnodar, Russia
Inside information 28 January 2021 Wine lovers will be intrigued by how big a part new vineyards and luxurious wineries play in...
Masked bottle of Barolo
Inside information Walter reports on the most recent vintage in Piemonte's hot spot, and official attempts to save the market for Barolo...
Maskless mingling in Shanghai in autumn 2020
Inside information Master of Wine student Young Shi has returned to her native China and reports on the ups and mainly downs...
Mestres Cava bottles and pupitres
Inside information Zones, subzones, new categories, but probably not until 2022. We'll be publishing Ferran's tasting notes on some of his favourite...
Gian Luca Colombo's Barolo remontage 2020
Inside information Walter takes us on a tour of the Langhe growers’ climate-change toolbox and exclusively helps us to master an excessively...
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Inside information 30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
Napa 9 Sept 2020
Inside information 30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
Alistair Cooper MW in the vineyards of St-Joseph
Inside information After last week's wallow in the southern Rhône, we head north – to find it not that much cooler. See...
Sun setting over a Chateauneuf-du-Pape vineyard in 2020
Inside information As in Burgundy, the 2019s, products of a scorching summer, are surprisingly refreshing. Clay may help, and not just underground...
Barrels at Henri Boillot in Volnay, Burgundy
Inside information In Oak – the cooper's view Matthew Hayes profiled François Frères. Here he talks to Eric Rousseau, Christophe Roumier and...
Oak trees stacked at Francois Freres cooperage
Inside information In the first of three articles this week about oak, Matthew Hayes shares the secrets of making, and selling, barrels...
Geraniums in old basket press outside Chambolle-Musigny church
Inside information In preparation for three tasting articles based on my visits to some great producers in Burgundy last month, here’s an...
Barrels in a Napa Valley cave 2020
Inside information In her penultimate despatch Samantha Cole-Johnson is considering her next move, and the impact of different barrels. This vintage is...
Pressing in one of the Napa Valley's winery caves
Inside information Samantha Cole-Johnson on how life goes on in the winery after the fires. See too this heartfelt video message from...
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