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Japan Wine at ProWine Tokyo 2026
A masterclass and tasting that illustrates the diversity and quality of wine made in Japan today. In April 2026, Jancis Robinson MW presented a master class on Japan Wine for...
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Nick on restaurants
A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The tip off came from a restaurateur friend. Did...
Nick on restaurants
There was probably not a more cosmopolitan table anywhere. Of the 22 gathered around us there were two sous chefs...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. As with the very best one-man shows, the one just opened...
Alder on America
1 May - We recently published Australian Master of Wine Ned Goodwin’s decidedly negative views on the Japanese wine scene...
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1 May - Alder Yarrow responds to the article below with one of his monthly columns, An American perspective on...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. 'My first wife was second cook in a third-rate restaurant on...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . Last month I witnessed the...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Among the many clouds that have characterised this damp, cool and...
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Koshu of Japan seems to be making real inroads into the UK. Yesterday's tasting at the Imagination Gallery in London...
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Cher Lim writes: It's late November and time for Beaujolais Nouveau 2010. So far in Asia it is still mainly...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. When I started out writing about...
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I know that at the moment many wine lovers will be seeking news of Châteaux in south-west France. That will...
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Those of you who have never heard of the Japanese grape variety about which I wrote on Saturday in Koshu...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . 'Japan, wine exporter' has a...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. The second course of our dinner at the Tawaraya ryokan, a...
Don't quote me
Here's how to feel important. Go to Yamanashi prefecture in Japan, where 95% of all Japanese Koshu grapes are grown...
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