Sustainability
Here at JancisRobinson.com we’ve reported on sustainability issues within the wine trade for many years. Jancis’s campaign against needlessly heavy bottles has directly affected how the industry views this topic, and we hope our extensive coverage of wider sustainability issues will have similar impact. We’ve collected here all our relevant articles.
Members can find relevant entries in The Oxford Companion to Wine here.
A lot of what we’ve published on sustainability is free for all – so even if you are not a member, you can find those articles here.
Articles concerning sustainability in wine
Wine news in 5
Plus, wet weather makes California drought-free for the first time in 25 years and leaves snow on Douro vineyards. Much...
Wine news in 5
Plus Mendoza’s recent embrace of copper mining and the end of the Sud de France moniker on wine labels. Above...
Book reviews
A courageous book that tackles the unwieldy subject of sustainability in wine with extraordinary detail, pragmatism and warmth.
Rooted in...
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4 September 2025 Château Lafleur quitting the restrictive appellation contrôlée system has put irrigation in the spotlight again. We’re republishing...
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4 September 2025 Should irrigation be more widely permitted in France’s fine-wine regions? We’re republishing this argument against, free for...
Wine news in 5
Plus 1,500 alcohol-store closures in China and mining projects in the vineyard lands of New Zealand and Australia. Wildfires burn...
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Why defining the identity of Mediterranean wine is more important now than ever. Thousands of years before the châteaux of...
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A look at vineyard labourers in particular. A much shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
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Mainly some great tastings in London but a fascinating trip to Bordeaux, too. The scariest thing I did this month...
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From workhorse to winemakers' darling. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also...
Book reviews
Camilla Gjerde shows us how we can all lower our carbon footprints whether we're buying, selling or making wine. Natural...
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We've written about this one ad nauseam already. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Tasting articles
A report on this spring’s tasting for the wine media. Yet more bargains from Britain’s unique co-operative wine-buying outfit. L...
Wines of the week
A smashable rosé, completed by a story of positive change, that retails from €16.99, £22.50, and its fine-dining cru classé...
Wines of the week
Beaujolais at its best – affordable, crushable and responsibly grown and made. From €14.90, $18.95, £18.99. It rather fascinated me...
Wine news in 5
And an environmentally friendly way to produce non-alcoholic wine! Although the wine, shown above, has stirred up some controversy...
Wine news in 5
Plus a eulogy for Dr Anita Oberholster and some exciting site news, including the re-release of more Vintner's Tales, the...
Wine news in 5
Plus a promising new environmentally friendly technology for combating downy mildew, a common vineyard scourge around the world. Before I...
Wine news in 5
And the Porto Protocol’s new guide to environmentally friendly wine packaging, pictured above right.
Before I get to global news...
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Not many professional tastings but an unusual number of lunches.
For logistical reasons I have to finish my diary a...
Wine news in 5
And Yiannis Boutaris, Greek wine icon, has died at age 82. He's shown above in his vineyard at Kir-Yianni in...
Wine news in 5
Plus a suspect arrested in the MDMA-spiked champagne case, and good news on Australian exports since China lifted its tariffs...
Wines of the week
A white wine that’s got everything and more, from great flavour to good stories and B Corp credentials, starting at...
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A very special vineyard project is in the works. At 7.30 on the morning of 19 September I had an...
Wine news in 5
Also, a new crop of Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholars. Above, clockwise from top left: Kanchan Schindlauer, Emiliano Stratico...
Wines of the week
As rare as hen’s teeth: a wine of the week that has been a wine of the week before, albeit...
Nick on restaurants
Is Indian cuisine showing the way for our planet?
India is in a wonderful position to teach the rest of...
Wine news in 5
Plus an update on Santorini's 2024 harvest; news at Australian Vintage and Naked Wines; and an exciting outcome for Swedish...
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22 August 2024 Now that the maiden voyage of the Anemos is underway (reported by Sam here ), we’re republishing...
Wine news in 5
Plus news of the largest transport of wine by sailboat to date, underway on the Anemos , a ship owned...
Tasting articles
An all-female group of importers put on one of London's most exciting tastings of the year. The clink of glasses...
Wine news in 5
Plus relief for British Columbia wineries reeling from this winter’s devastating freeze; a new super-light sparkling wine bottle and news...
Wines of the week
Four bottles of a triumphantly delicious, flexible and environmentally conscientious rosé for the price of three in a conveniently compact...
Wine news in 5
Many winemakers have agreed to reduce bottle weights; will they now agree to a standardised bottle? And will bottle manufacturers...
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An easy way to make planet-friendly wine choices, no greenwashing allowed, courtesy of International Wineries for Climate Action. Above, IWCA...
Wine news in 5
Just back from taking the Master of Wine Stage 2 practical exam, Sam tackles the hot topic of calories and...
Tasting articles
Plenty of value – and laudable action on bottle weight – from Britain's dominant supermarket.
Jancis writes I was pretty...
Wine news in 5
Plus the first viable, scalable, wine-bottle reuse company in the Americas. The Revino bottle above will start appearing on shelves...
Wine news in 5
The warming climate continues to wreak havoc on wine regions around the world, as evidenced by the photo above of...
Tasting articles
Napa’s vignerons are proud of their 2021s, coming between the often smoke-tainted 2020 vintage and the 2022, compromised by punishing...
Wine news in 5
Buyers and collectors get ready: en primeur bordeaux tastings are underway, and declarations for 2022 vintage port are trickling out...
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A resource guide for eco-conscious wine lovers, plus a call for help on a new initiative.
Today is Earth Day...
Wine news in 5
Drink your canned wine soon after purchase, and other essential wine news this week. Above, a small snapshot of the...
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Which is the better stopper for wine bottles, cork or screwcap? A shorter version of this article is published by...
Wine news in 5
Lots of positive news this week, from French farmers' rights to Australian initiatives in sustainable packaging and Napa's 2022 vintage...
Tasting articles
How much power is too much? Above, Grand Cru Brand, from the middle of the vineyard.
Are Alsace's grands crus...
Book reviews
Jamie Goode writes a rough draft of the potentially best new-viticulture book of the decade.
The New Viticulture The science...
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2 November 2023 Today we’re republishing this report on the devastating floods in Chile to draw your attention to a...
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26 October 2023 Since my original article was published, a mining company, Cienth Pty Ltd, has reapplied for a prospecting...
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A new initiative set to reduce wine-bottle weights considerably was launched with an online presentation yesterday, and proved extremely popular...
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The food and drink editor of the Financial Times canvassed readers and staff for their questions about wine and put...
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British Columbia, in western Canada, has had its worst wildfire season on record, and the latest is threatening Kelowna, in...
Tasting articles
A selection of new wines and new vintages and, as ever, lots of good-value wines. Plus outstanding Malbec from the...
Travel tips
The last of a three-part series on sustainable wine touring in the Languedoc from Louise Hurren. Here she focuses on...
Travel tips
The second of a three-part series on sustainable wine touring in the Languedoc from Louise Hurren, a wine communicator who...
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In this entry to our 2023 wine writing competition, farmer and winemaker Emily Campeau writes about pioneering English vintner Sophie...
Travel tips
How to be a sustainable tourist in the eastern Languedoc by Louise Hurren, a wine writer who has lived in...
Tasting articles
This Yarra Valley winemaker’s newest releases are informed by his iconoclastic approach to phylloxera, as well as his increasingly holistic...
Tasting articles
14 July 2023 As a result of its detailed Alternative Packaging for Wine report published in May, The Wine Society...
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Following up on Tam's March visit to France's Roussillon, when the wild rocket and cherry trees were in full bloom...
Tasting articles
The third tasting article based on this year’s edition of this South African wine competition, together with an overview of...
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For supermarket value, avoid the most expensive wines. Some of the best bargains currently are pictured above. A version of...
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8 June 2023 We don’t publish many heartfelt pleas but this is one worth republishing free. There may be encouraging...
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With water in short supply, Roussillon's vintners are planning ahead. Above, one of Treloar's old-vine vineyards showing verdant ground cover...
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In her previous article, Louise Hurren examined the impact of drought on Mexico's vineyards. Here she looks at farming choices...
Tasting articles
An annual check-in with Burgundian wunderkind Charles Lachaux at his Vosne-Romanée estate. Above, Lachaux (centre) preaches to the press about...
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We can make a difference – and other takeaways from the Sustainable Wine Roundtable’s latest conference.
Last month, the Sustainable...
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A plea from the cyclone-hit east coast of the North Island. Above, the Omahu vineyard in the Gimblett Gravels in...
Wines of the week
A pair of sustainably produced bargains.
From €7.99, £11.95, $14.99, 242.65 Brazilian reais for the white 2021
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Wine producers have been complaining that bottles have been getting more difficult, and expensive, to source. Could lightweighting alleviate this...
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Severe drought and extreme heat pose a significant threat to wine production – especially in Baja California, Mexico (although see...
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28 June 2023 The Old Vine Registry has just been launched! See this article for background.
9 February 2023 Exciting...
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Ecological economics, the theory and practice of disruptive, sustainable economic systems such as degrowth economics, is something we’re going to...
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5 January 2023 We're republishing this article free in our Throwback Thursday series to remind you of the topic of...
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In this third episode of the JancisRobinson.com Podcast, Elaine Chukan Brown talks climate-change activism with sustainability scientist Kimberly Nicholas.
Two...
Tasting articles
Caroline Gilby MW points out that western Slovenia is ahead of the sustainability game – so far. You can’t help...
Book reviews
Books on wine-related sustainability issues still have a long way to go.
Crushed How a changing climate is altering the...
Inside information
A drought-stricken vintage that taxed the skills of every winegrower.
Vintages need to be seen in a rear-view mirror. You...
Wines of the week
Continuing with last week's theme of highly unusual wines, this wine of the week is a no-added-sulphite crémant from Luxembourg...
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10 November 2022 As the absolutely vital COP27 conference in Egypt on how to achieve the world's climate goals continues...
Tasting articles
It's always worth seeing what this superior UK supermarket with its particularly fine sherries at bargain prices is up to...
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Delicious canned wines and their other virtues. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also...
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As our 2022 wine writing competition draws to a close, we are sharing some of the feedback you provided in...
Tasting articles
Some surprisingly famous names have supplied wine to a Berlin-based canner of wine – and Richard Kelley MW continues to...
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15 September 2022 Very many thanks to the hundreds of readers who have already voted for their favourite entries from...
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A 600-ha estate in the northern Corbières is being ambitiously and ecologically transformed by Aymeric Izard and Anne Besse, seen...
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20 September 2022 Today is the last day you can vote. You have 24 hours (until 9 am UK time...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition offers an interesting perspective on sustainable viticulture in Rioja. For more great wine...
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In an interesting twist, this submission to our 2022 writing competition explores the regeneration of cider production in the heart...
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This essay is the second published entry in our WWC22 competition to focus on the Okanagan Valley in Canada. You...
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This is the second published entry to our 2022 wine writing competition to focus on the regenerative efforts of Tablas...
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In this entry to the 2022 writing competition, Craig Camp, manager of Troon Vineyard, which has been discussed in several...
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This submission to our WWC22 competition describes the regenerative practices of a winery in Bairrada, Portugal. See our WWC22 guide...
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The EPI group's three champagne houses (the Heidsiecks etc) have just become the first in Champagne to be certified as...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition describes the regeneration of Austrian wine. See our WWC22 guide for more.
Nathan...
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This entry to the WWC22 competition describes the adoption of regenerative viticultural practices by wineries in California and Oregon. See...
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This submission to our 2022 wine writing competition takes us to Alsace, where some producers are exploring the regenerative role...
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This entry to our WWC22 competition describes the unexpected importance of butterflies in regenerative viticulture. For more information on the...
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This submission to the 2022 wine writing competition discusses regeneration at a vineyard in New Zealand. For more information on...
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In this entry to our 2022 writing competition, author Gwendolyn Alley describes her experiences meeting with leading advocates of regenerative...
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In this submission to our 2022 writing competition, Josie Phillips describes the Torres family's innovations in the field of regenerative...
Wines of the week
Two red wines, from a hot, arid region, which you can chill and drink in a heatwave, plus a superb...
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This submission to our 2022 writing competition takes us to a place where no published WWC entry has gone before...
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This addition to our 2022 writing competition is one of several to discuss Troon Vineyard's impressive work in the field...
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This submission to our WWC22 competition describes the regeneration of a winery in Saussignac, south-west France. See our WWC22 guide...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition takes us to Greece. See our WWC22 guide for more great wine writing...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition describes the regenerative role of viticulture and winemaking in Virginia. See our WWC22...
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Links to the (unedited) entries to this year's wine writing competition that have been published so far are below, with...
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This submission to our WWC22 competition describes the adoption of regenerative agricultural practices by a winery in British Columbia. See...
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This entry to our WWC22 competition takes us to the remote Azores. For more great wine writing, see our WWC22...
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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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The pandemic has arguably made vintners more thoughtful and more conscious of their special place in society. A shorter version...
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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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Tamlyn writes Dudley Brown, winemaker, winegrower and husband of Dr Irina Santiago-Brown, who was the guest judge for our 2020...
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1 July 2022 A big thank-you to all those who sent in entries this year – far more than we...
Drinks not wine
Finally, there is a truly delicious way to stay sober.
Recently, two sets of the most seriously, and I use...
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9 June 2022 We're republishing this informative article free in our Throwback Thursday series.
25 May 2022 Tuscan winemaker, Katia...
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Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial...
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This year's prizes for our winning wine writers involve trees, both dead and alive.
We are now pleased to announce...
Wines of the week
Outstandingly good value to be found on Bordeaux's right bank.
From €13.79, £19.95, $28.99
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It's been a...
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How vital is the clear-glass bottle? And what are its implications? A shorter version of this article is published by...
Tasting articles
The real-time screen above reminded us tasters why we need to seek alternatives to the glass bottle.
On 11 November...
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Why the new Regenerative Organic Certification (ROC) may be the gold standard of sustainable certifications. Troon in Oregon, above, is...
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Could regenerative viticulture be the answer to wine producers becoming front-line generals in the battle to save our planet? A...
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Winkler's climate classification with its Regions I to V is being updated to keep up with climate change.
California’s new...
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Veteran of 52 vintages and the varying weather they have exhibited, Brian Croser, of Tapanappa in South Australia, wonders whether...
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A special, sustainable way of selling wine. See also Uncharted but not unloved.
Rupert Taylor’s Uncharted Wines, launched on Beaujolais...
Max on Oz
Australia invented bag-in-box wine, and went on to invent many a name for it, including 'cask wine'. It has now...
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So how did I do? COVID-19 largely did for me. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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23 December 2021 Presentations from this remarkable virtual conference are available to our readers at a discount – see below...
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The concluding instalment of this challenging discussion between Katia Nussbaum, her brother Jono and Chris Howard. See part 1, part...
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The exchange between Chris Howard and Katia Nussbaum continues. See part 1 and part 2, with the final part 4...
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Continuing from yesterday's instalment of Chris Howard and Katia Nussbaum's correspondence… Part 3 and part 4 to follow.
Katia writes...
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Katia Nussbaum of San Polino in Montalcino, author of last year’s coronadiary and this stimulating discussion of biodynamics , was...
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28 October 2021 In the lead-up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow we're republishing this article about wine...
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James Mayor meets two women in wine who are doing rather than talking about saving the planet. Headlines alert us...
Alder on America
For the first time in many years, the laws governing how wineries can sell and advertise their products in California...
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A total of 20 important wine companies have now committed themselves to the Race to Zero carbon emissions and many...
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16 September 2021 Just to underline our last call for votes for your favourite articles in this year's competition –...
Wines of the week
From AU$28, €20, $29, NZ$41.99, £21.60
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Cullen Wines are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, half a...
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Michael, who has also filed the third part of his survey of 2020 Mosels today, reports from the centre of...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
Aware of glass bottles’ heavy carbon footprint, Rosemary Cakebread...
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Arnica Rowan reports from the centre of the current fatal heat dome. The record-breaking little town of Lytton, above, has...
Book reviews
As it's English Wine Week, it seems a good time for reviews of a couple of books, recently published, on...
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'Sumer is icumen in' – isn't it? A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
This summer...
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Tasting the 2020s was a real joy – not least because so many producers are defying hot, dry years with...
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26 April 2021 More wines added from the Ukrainian winery Kolonist which perhaps prove the virtue of the earlier selection...
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19 April 2020 The French government have pledged €1bn in aid to frost-hit vignerons. The agriculture minister Julien Denormandie called...
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James Mayor discovers how a fifth-generation digital native is shaking up one of the best-known port shippers in its 140th...
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Bordeaux is really getting in the organic, and food-pairing, groove … as a Zoom lunch, and an unusual breakfast, proved...
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7 April 2021 See this report by Alder on Nomen, a new American wine brand deliberately packaged in high quality...
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23 January 2021 Tasting notes on two more canned wines added – an Albariño and Shiraz from First Crush.
20...
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7 January 2021 We're republishing this free as part of our Throwback Thursday series.
21 December 2020 Climate is a...
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30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
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30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
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… on Thanksgiving Day, with an apposite (rotated) image supplied by food photographer Alison Marras via Unsplash.
It’s a little...
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I've been stalking these unique wines for over a year and can at last explain how to get your hands...
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Wine has replaced beer as the common man and woman's drink. A version of this article is published by the...
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Two new ways to package and deliver small quantities of wine that look seriously promising … and deeply sustainable.
In...
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US wine importer Bartholomew Broadbent who represents De Martino wines from Chile (so, admittedly, is hardly an impartial commentator) contributes...
Max on Oz
The subject of Max's column this month is all too obvious: an argument about academic attribution that is gripping the...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See our competition shortlist, sustainability specialist Dr Irina...
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One of our two external judges in this year’s writing competition, Dr Irina Santiago-Brown, begins her survey of the entries...
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24 September 2020 See who won!
22 September 2020 We are thrilled to publish details of our 18 shortlisted entries...
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For our 2020 writing competition, Jessica Weatherbee's entry begins with this introduction, 'Jessica Weatherbee is a professional sommelier in Toronto...
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Today's entry to our writing competition is by Katie Truscott: 'a Canadian who returned to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia...
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Today's competition entry is not the first article featuring sustainability that the author has written for JancisRobinson.com. 'Caro Feely is...
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This is Dr Chris Howard's third entry to our writing competition – another sustainability hero from New Zealand. The images...
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Lisse Garnett's bio, for our sustainability heroes writing competition, is brief and to the point: ' Jobbing wine consultant, anything...
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'Anna-Lisa Campos is a Brooklyn-based wine professional, writer, and volunteer with Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation and Open Wine Forum. With...
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Cathy Corison is no stranger to these pages, but today it's her sustainability ethos she is being celebrated for. The...
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Today’s sustainability heroes writing competition entry is the second vote for Franz Weninger in Austria (not forgetting some vines in...
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Today's writing competition entrant takes us to Slovenia: 'My name is Sami-Jo Adelman and I’m from Sydney, Australia but have...
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'Chris Struck holds undergraduate degrees in Culinary Arts & Food Service Management from Johnson & Wales University & an Executive...
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Nicholas Daddona was one of the winners of our hospo food and wine pairing competition. Here he strives for more...
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Nicoletta Dicova writes, 'Wine has been at the very center of my life in the past 10 years both personally...
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Today's sustainability hero comes from the Loire and the competition entrant introduces herself thus: 'Allison Burton-Parker is the Marketing &...
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Mirko Pastorelli's second entry to our competition came with a heart-felt and very honest explanation. He wrote, 'In the last...
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Gergely Ripka’s third ‘Tokaj trilogy’ entry is about a winery that achieved their organic certification in 2019 and began working...
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Today's (unedited) entry in our sustainability heroes writing competition is by Anna Chilton, who has just left her job as...
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For the second entry in his Tokaj trilogy, Hungarian Gergely Ripka finds yet another producer investing not only in the...
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Cathy P Lee writes, ‘I once was a wannabe scientist in London, but I never did look good in a...
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Our latest competition entrant writes in from Vancouver in Canada. ‘These last few pandemic ridden months Ian Casterton has switched...
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Tokaj specialist Gergely Ripka introduces the first of his (unedited) Tokaj trilogy competition entries with a bit about himself: ‘I...
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Today's entrant to our writing competition describes herself thus: 'My name is Annamaria Juhasz, I currently live in Budapest, Hungary...
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Today’s (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is a collaboration between two MWs, Ashley Hausman and Martin Reyes...
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The latest entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition comes from a Russian sommelier in Bordeaux, who takes us south...
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Today’s entrant to our sustainability heroes competition writes: ‘My name is Karen Magner, and I live in Denver, Colorado, where...
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Introducing her entry to our 2020 writing competition, Anja Zidar writes in from Ljubljana, Slovenia. ‘I'm a 38-year-old sales and...
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Bob Davidson writes, ‘After studying Philosophy at university and then short stint in PR, Bob’s wine career started with the...
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Robin Haworth writes: 'I am Paris-based and work in oil and gas. There are parallels between oil & wine, two...
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'My name is Helena Jordan and I am 28 years old. I am from Austria, been trained as a sommelier...
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The latest entrant to our sustainability heroes writing competition gives us her pretty starry bio before submitting her (unedited) entry...
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American Katie Quinn submits her (unedited) entry to our 2020 writing competition with this bio: ' My name is Katie...
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Anna Harris-Noble writes, ' Now based back in London, after returning from eight years working in the wine sector in...
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The next (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is from Alex Hill: 'I’m Alex. Like many in the...
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Today's entry to our writing competition (unedited as usual) comes from Austria via Italy via Hungary. 'Hi, my name is...
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Robert Stanier is no stranger to our writing competitions, nor to our Members' forum, but for those who don’t know...
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‘ Nicole Bilson is a wine educator, writer and sommelier based in Melbourne, Australia. Her career also includes stints in...
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As an introduction to his (unedited) article for our sustainability heroes writing competition, today's entrant writes, ‘ Skyler Ring is...
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John Clegg’s (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition begins thus, ‘I am a graduate student, educator, and writer...
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Evan White from Manhattan, New York, writes in to introduce his (unedited) entry to the writing competition, ‘Hi there! Up...
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Clayton Fox talks to one of Napa's most famous organic pioneers for his entry to our sustainability heroes competition. 'I...
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With no fewer than three entries to our writing competition, Aaron Bartels, flag-bearer of sustainable Oregon and fine-wine specialist for...
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Introducing her entry to our 2020 writing competition, Anna Hickson writes, 'My name is Anna and I hold the level...
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As her introduction to our sustainability heroes writing competition (see our guide), Marisa Finetti writes: ‘Fifteen years after journalism school...
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From the party-animal island of Mykonos comes a surprisingly quiet, gentle story of sustainability. 'My name is Yannis Athanasakopoulos. I...
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Jaume Pàmies i Blanes is based in Barcelona and Girona. In his introduction to his writing-competition entry, he says, '...
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This entrant to our sustainability heroes competition writes, 'Hi! My name is Maria Amélia Vaz da Silva. I used to...
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Sarah Suzanne introduces herself for our sustainability heroes writing competition thus: 'I’m based in North Somerset and currently studying for...
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‘A self-identified dreamer, writer, oenophile and seeker. A Kentucky native who has lived in Chicago, Denver, Oakland and is now...
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Today's entry in our sustainability writing competition is from a biochemist in Poland. 'My name is Malgorzata Partyka and I...
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This is Aaron Bartels' second (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition. For his first entry and all the...
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Introducing his entry to our 2020 writing competition, Londoner David Frail writes, ‘I retired from International Telecoms in December and...
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Jinglin Zhang is the founder of Grape Paradise, a boutique wine importer focusing on Italian wine in China. After gaining...
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For his second entry to our writing competition, Dr Chris Howard takes us to Martinborough, New Zealand, with photos kindly...
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Hannah Biggs is a sommelier at Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham (finally re-opening this week) and her sustainability hero is...
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We are delighted to announce that two prominent figures in the sustainability field have agreed to help us to find...
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' My name is Aaron David Bartels, MA WSET 3 with Distinction. I currently work as a fine wine specialist...
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For this (unedited) entry to our sustainability writing competition , Ruma Singh takes us from Bangalore, where she lives, to...
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Olga Antoniadou is yet to miss one of our wine writing competitions and the 2020 sustainability heroes competition is no...
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Andy Kelly introduces his entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition: 'I’m a wine lover currently based in Liverpool, UK...
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Mirko Pastorelli is an Italian sommelier who belongs to the Association of Professional Italian Sommeliers (ASPI). He has experience in...
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Introducing his entry to our writing competition (which happens to be the second vote for Antiyal), Peter McRostie of Mastering...
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Jeannie Boutelle works in sales and marketing in food, wine and travel. She is based in Chicago, is a wine...
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Introducing his (unedited) entry to our 2020 writing competition, Jerry Smith writes, ' I am an amateur in the world...
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Charlotte Fenwick is a chartered accountant living and working in Newcastle upon Tyne. An amateur wine enthusiast, she also runs...
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In what might be the most unexpected entry to our writing competition, we received an introduction that began thus: 'My...
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Stacey Nardozzi is a wine specialist at Bedales Wine Bar & Shop in Borough Market. She’s originally from Detroit, Michigan...
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Today's entry to our 2020 wine writing competition is from Dr Chris Howard, an anthropologist interested in the biocultural aspects...
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Today, our wine competition entry is by an author who introduces herself thus: 'My name is Helena Olmi, 27 years...
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Adam Knoerzer submits his entry to our writing competition with this introduction: 'I am a wine educator, consultant, and writer...
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Christos Fatouros writes, 'I come from Greece but currently live in the UK and my relationship with wine is one...
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Ed Verrill writes, 'Taking a break from London wine bars, I moved to Australia for my first vintage in 2018...
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Our 2020 writing competition moves to Chile today with the first of two entries (so far) about the country's first...
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Morgan Mellish CSW is the sales project manager for Cowhorn Vineyard in Jacksonville, Oregon. She makes a passionate bid for...
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The next entry for our 2020 summer wine writing competition is from P aul Temperton, who describes himself as '...
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28 August 2020 Congratulations to Jacky, who is one of the 16 new Masters of Wine announced today.
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Below are links to the entries in this year's writing competition that have so far been published. Most recently published...
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The first entry for our 2020 summer wine writing competition is from Mike Bartlett, 'a 53-year-old Londoner, passionate amateur wine...
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24 September 2020 See who won!
22 September 2020 Details of the 18 shortlisted entries are published here.
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Miami-based Sarah Phillips of Liv-ex, winner of last summer's writing competition, swapped classed growths for canned wine for a while...
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Agronomist Maurizio Gily, pictured above by Andreas Maerz, is a specialist in viticulture and oenology as well as editor and...
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Matthew Hayes follows up his report on the effects of climate change on the Côte d'Or with interviews at Domaines...
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Derek Mossman Knapp of Garage Wines reports on how his agricultural community in Maule, southern Chile, has been coping with...
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What's very good, and occasionally bad, about the substantially transformed Argentine wine scene. A shorter version of this article is...
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Ramifications of carbon-emission considerations. Glass v the rest. Rail v air. And more.
On Saturday, in Glass dimissed?, I put...
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3 March 2020 See the end of this article for a response from FEVE – the European Container Glass Federation...
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Richard McIntyre MB BS (Monash), D Phil (Oxon), FRACS, owner and winemaker of Moorooduc Estate in the Mornington Peninsula, contributes...
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Two winners and a runner-up announced below, on what we thought was the most appropriate date.
What a thoughtful and...
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A collection of good intentions. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
Drink more wine.
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Nick on restaurants
Nick, Unpacker in Chief, gets cross about how these bottles were packaged. It’s that time of the year again, the...
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The US – China trade war has had far-reaching effects on the California wine industry, not least in its choice...
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12 December 2019 This article is so important that we are republishing it free so that as many people as...
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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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7 November 2019 We so enjoyed Burton Anderson’s fascinating and wry article that we are republishing it free today. Meanwhile...
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20 September 2019 In line with today's Earth Strike Day's events around the globe designed to encourage action in the...
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Tam will be speaking at an event in London designed to highlight how sustainability can be put into practice in...
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Alder Yarrow charts the new big thing in wine in the US. We're very pleased to publish a monthly column...
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A new, ecologically and socially responsible direction for Symington Family Estates. Apart from one or two world leaders, there are...
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Veteran South Australian wine producer Brian Croser shares a blast from the south.
I am sitting in my office looking...
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This spring has been just as challenging for vine growers in California as in Italy, it seems. Grapevines are notoriously...
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Brian Croser of Tapanappa reports on a small, dry and moderate vintage in South Australia. Croser believes that his interpretation...
Hemming's spittoon
Goodness is in the glass of the beholder – depending on your definitions. Wine is, on the face of it...
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Tom Lloyd-Jones of English Wine Adventures gets quite heated about the possibilities for English wine if global warming continues. See...
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A version of this survey of the effect of climate change on Austria is published by the Financial Times. See...
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Nick wrote this cri de coeur about wine packaging last night, when still furious with two French wine producers. Last...
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Norway’s first grape harvest suggests the world really is warming up. If President Trump continues to deny climate change, perhaps...
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The late Sir Fredy Fisher, the editor of the FT from 1973 to 1980, would, I believe, have been spinning...
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See this guide for links to all the articles in our 2018 coverage of rosé wines. 19 July 2018 Tam's...
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See also MW Symposium – wines on the frontier and MW Symposium – more on microbes .
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
When John Williams of Frog’s Leap (pictured here) organised...
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Long used to depending on the weather, grape growers in California are largely scratching their heads these days, as long-standing...
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29 March 2018 We are resurrecting this article in our Throwback Thursday series partly because its 10-year-old content is an...
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‘I have been travelling the world for nearly 25 years, and I do not remember a year in which the...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See From the flanks of Mont Ventoux for my...
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My life has changed in so many ways since we moved into our brand-new flat on 5 December 2016. The...
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Author of this report, Marcelo Retamal, technical director of De Martino, is one of the most respected winemakers in Chile...
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22 June Purple Pager Malcolm Lamont contacted us from Canada to say that ReCORK has a cork collection box at...
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For my other more specific reports on the ICCWS, see Vine breeding – worth all that effort? and Robots in...
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This article has been syndicated. Last March I gave several talks in Tokyo to Japan’s exceptionally numerous and exceptionally polite...
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It’s not so much of a heatwave as it is a suffocating blanket. Until yesterday, 14 July, the Walla Walla...
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23 Sep – an independent enquiry has been announced here. The approval of a new sustainability programme for Australian wine...
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The first scientifically based session of last weekend's MW Symposium in Florence was entitled ' A new world of wine...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See also Alder on the...
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Longstanding visitors to this site will know of my campaign against unnecessarily heavy bottles. I'm pleased that there is now...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Wine is one of the most...
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Anyone who takes a long-focus view of the earth can see that we are using up our resources far too...
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José Manuel Ortega has established O Fournier wineries in Ribera del Duero, Chile and Argentina. Here, the day after Andrew...
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Highly respected Western Australian Dr John Gladstones AM recently published his latest book, Wine, Terroir and Climate Change , to...
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Brian Croser, founder of Petaluma and senior figure in Australian wine, muses on last week's wine symposium in the nation's...
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See our Guide to 2009 Rhône coverage. There are some lovely wines among the hundreds described below but my tastings...
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I'm in love. The other day I finally opened a large yellow and red box that had been sent to...
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I have long thought that there are several fortunes to be made by enterprising industrial designers prepared to help us...
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This unprepossessing green sludge might just save the planet. It is algae being experimented with at Torres in Penedès, where...
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I have just published my very enthusiastic tasting notes on Chapoutier's 2009 Sélections Parcellaires. Because I was out of the...
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Oxidation, oxidation, oxidation. Not a recent UK election slogan modelled on Tony Blair's 2007 priorities for government, 'Education, education, education'...
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See a new report on the potential for safely using lighter bottles for sparkling wines here . Unlike most, South...
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When Spanish wine producer, journalist and active purple pager Victor de la Serna told us on our members’ forum how...
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Those who have been following our campaign against unnecessarily heavy wine bottles (see, for example, Name and shame heavy bottles)...
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Given our long-standing campaign to promote lighter and more recyclable packaging, and especially to name and shame those who continue...
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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia in the Maremma region on the Tuscan coast, one of the first so-called Supertuscans, in conjuction with the...
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There are heartening signs that heavy wine bottles are on the way out. As many of you know, we have...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. It is my fervent hope that...
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We have long tried to campaign against ridiculously heavy bottles on this site. See, for example, Name and shame heavy...
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Anne McLennan of Cleggett Wines, secretary of the Langhorne Creek Winemakers' Association, wrote to me out of the blue from...
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At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on...
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Today we introduce a new contributor to JancisRobinson.com. Until recently Walter Speller was the wine buyer at Sir Terence Conran's...
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On the day after the Co-op announced that it was taking...
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Can these 10 green bottles be effectively recycled? Might they evolve into 10 clear, coated bottles over the next few...
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Bad blood seems to be developing between Britain’s wine importers and the local glass manufacturers. According to this week’s Harper’s...
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There may not have been many Spaniards in attendance – as Jancis recounts in Torres a lone Spaniard on climate...
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Pancho Campo's Second World Meeting on Climate Change & Wine held in Barcelona 15-16 Feb seems to have been a...
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It’s a sign of the times that a wine bottler is making a song and dance about a new bottle...
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De Bortoli’s talented senior winemaker in the Yarra Valley Steve Webber, lavished with praise in Campbell Mattinson's exceptional new book...
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Pancho Campo of the Wine Academy, Spain, is offering purple pagers a 25% saving on the normal fees for the...
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I have become increasingly concerned about the trend towards heavier and heavier bottles and their impact on the planet’s resources...
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At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week it was difficult to ignore climate change and discussion of its...
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Bodybuilder wines are everywhere, but do we have to have bodybuilder bottles too? Enough already! I have kept quiet on...