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Guide to our old-vines coverage
4 June 2026 In advance of the 2026 Old Vine Conference on 8 June, we’re republishing this overview of our old-vines coverage, newly updated. 28 June 2023 The Old Vine...
Julian Leidy
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Wine news in 5
Old Vine Registry milestone, frost in France, Asti rosé, Sula expands, EU–Australia trade deal
Plus new commercial-vineyard regulations in the country of Georgia and season updates from South Africa and Washington State. Above, Asti vineyards shrouded in fog. Old Vine Registry reaches new milestone...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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Floods and drought collide in eastern Australia.
The last time the cellars flooded at Mitchelton was 1974, just after the...
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Tim Jackson MW spells out exactly how a controversial variety can be persuaded to make great wine.
Kanonkop have long...
Wines of the week
It's the time of year when it's worth pushing the wine-of-the-week boat out. Although, by Burgundy standards, this wine is...
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Italy has its own rich repository of old vines and we begin Old Vine Week by reporting, as with so...
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This collection of wines from Champagne, the Loire and south-west France may look like a motley crew, but the wines...
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A very small-scale look at a big subject this week. See this guide to our extensive coverage of old vines...
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Later on 12 September In last week's old-vine article Tam wrote about Domaine Jones based in Fitou on the southern...
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8 September 2022 We’re republishing the winning entry to last year’s writing competition with its old-vine theme to remind you...
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Last week's old-vine wines came from Iberia (see part 4 of the series). This week we're still in the sunny...
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We've got a full house for Spanish (and, sadly, just two Portuguese – I'm sure there are many more examples...
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The third instalment of our old-vine wines series takes us to South America. There are two very special stories here...
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The second instalment of our old-vine wine stories is set in South Africa (go to Lebanon for the first). For...
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The first of an ongoing series on old-vine wines. We start in Lebanon, with what may perhaps be some of...
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Today is the inaugural Old Vine Day. To celebrate, we begin a series focused on vineyards' most venerable residents. Today's...
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See our WWC22 guide for more. We're publishing this entry to our 2022 writing competition with heavy hearts. The climate...
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A good month before the current heatwaves in the northern hemisphere, Atomic Wine Sessions assembled the company above (Elaine in...
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