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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...
Julia Harding MW
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Today's lesser-known producers are in appellations that may not be at the top of the Burgundy hierarchy but offer value...
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Purple Pagers asked for more lesser-known producers to feature in Julia's time in Burgundy last November. Your wish is our...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson, who will collect her WSET Diploma at the annual awards ceremony in London's Guildhall tonight, provided us with...
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Arnica Rowan, seen here, describes hunting for the luxury product vying with vines for land in the Langhe hills, which...
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The reputation, and style, of the humble Durif has been evolving markedly in California.
Known for its brooding flavours and...
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Reports from around the region. Is it as good as 2016? Seen here Walter's November 2019 view of the alps...
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Ferran untangles the turbulent recent history of Catalan sparkling wine. His tasting notes on wines from this new group of...
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Julia describes what she found in the glass during her tour of the Côte d'Or last month. In part 1...
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Having toured some of the best cellars in Burgundy last month, Julia describes the genesis of the wines and finds...
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Arnica Rowan sniffs out a new craze, for Piemonte's less famous indigenous grapes.
Claudio Fenocchio (right) gestured across the vineyard...
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The 2016 vintage is game-changing. You'll want to buy some, and you can hardly go wrong.
When I reread my...
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Some thoughts on the meaning of cool prompted by an unexpectedly warm celebration of Chardonnay in Niagara-on-the-Lake. See also Cool-climate...
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Alistair Cooper MW reports on a conference in Canada.
An unseasonably cold and snowy Montreal played host to Tasting Climate...
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Two-thousand-year-old alpine viticulture on impossibly steep slopes starring primus inter pares Nebbiolo, Valtellina is surely bound to become Italy’s next...
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The inside story of the 2018 vintage in the Rhône valley.
For a guide to our coverage of the Rhône...
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Louise Hurren compares attitudes to women winemakers in France and China.
In 2018 on my first visit to Ningxia (widely...
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