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Taste the Limestone, Smell the Slate – book review
Essential reading for anyone who’s ever confused tuff with tufa or wondered what the fuss is over Rutherford dust. Though you might not give up ‘minerality’ quite yet. Taste the...
Tamlyn Currin
• 19 min read
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Expert thoughts on deliberately making 'mineral' wine for the mass market. Our picture shows amphorae at the decidedly upmarket Montesecondo...
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Many London wine luminaries gathered to discuss this elusive concept recently. A shorter version of this article is published by...
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We republish this thought-provoking excerpt from the book reviewed yesterday by Tam. The Sancerre landscape is pictured here by Joe...
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The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste A field guide to the great wines of EuropeRajat Parr and Jordan MackayPublished by Ten...
Hemming's spittoon
Conspiracy theories are by definition undebunkable. Indeed, undebunkability is woven into the very fabric of their being, because any argument...
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A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See this follow-up symposium o minerality in...
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This is a version of an article also published by the Financial Times. As anyone who has ever been to...
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In a recent article Jancis called on this year's crop of science graduates, pointing out, 'Scientists, you would not believe...
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This article comes with two warnings: one, it is geeky and may not be for those who prefer some romance...
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