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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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Oia seen from the boat to Thirasia
Inside information Santorini's 2023 harvest was tiny, even by the standards of this beautiful Cycladic island, where vines are widely spaced and...
the chapel at the top of the Hermitage hill in the northern Rhône
Inside information Vines and growers are learning to cope with the heat, turning out good wines despite high temperatures and low rainfall...
Territorio Albariza
Inside information The future of the sherry region may well lie in the hands of producers such as these members of Territorio...
Deep blue skies above Clos de Beze
Inside information A very generous flowering followed by disease pressure has, we hope, been saved by a fine September. On 13 September...
Roads washed out and land flooded at Paul Clüver in the Cape winelands
Inside information Dubbed a once-in-a-200-year event, extreme flooding in the Western Cape wrought destruction across some of its wine regions. Malu Lambert...
200-year-old vineyard in Vayots Dzot, Armenia
Inside information A primer to Armenia's diverse wine regions and grapes. For more general background from Tam's recent trip, see Armenia –...
Michael Moosbrugger at Schloss Grafenegg 2023
Inside information Austrian winegrowers may be focused on the harvest but the new law has given them plenty to think about. Above...
Fake Musigny bottle
Inside information Counterfeit wine is a reality; here's how to protect yourself from being duped. Pictured above is one of seven bottles...
Dafnes region
Inside information This southern island may be Greece's most exciting winegrowing region. Pictured above, the Dafnes wine region and the foothills of...
Barbaresco and Martinenga
Inside information Walter describes and explains the heterogeneity of these mostly early-drinking wines. His photo shows the view towards Barbaresco and Martinenga...
La Morra from Baudana
Inside information Six months after his initial report at the start of the year, having tasting many more wines, Walter appraises the...
Marcello, Matteo, Camilla and Alessandro Lunelli [L to R] with Cyril Brun [centre]
Inside information Trentino-based sparkling-wine producer Ferrari has lured Cyril Brun, former chef de cave at Charles Heidsieck, to Italy. Above, left to...
Vineyards near Predappio, Romagna
Inside information 11 May 2023 In support of the vine-growers of Romagna, after the recent shocking landslides there, we’re republishing free today...
oenologist Kyriakos Kynigopoulos
Inside information Kyriakos Kynigopoulos – the oenologist everyone knows – and why he thinks burgundy could be 15% better. When you think...
Sorting 2022 grapes at Le Pin.jpg
Inside information 4 May 2023 With our heads deep in the 2022 en primeur campaign, we’re republishing free this report written towards...
Bottles ready for tasting at the UGCB tasting at the Cité du Vin.
Inside information An overview based on tasting cask samples of well over 250 of the most important wines. See our guide to...
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