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Loire 2013 – what's new
Novelty is an irresistible force. Each year, every wine region gives birth to their new vintage and presents it, barely out of swaddling, to the world. This is the cue...
Richard Hemming MW
Monday 3 February 2014
• 3 min read
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Here's (most of) what the Comité Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace has to say about this year's vintage. Harvesting finished in...
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Jim Law, who, along with his mentee Rutger De Vink at RDV Vineyards, is one of the most accomplished winemakers...
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Written by Graham Nutter.
3 Dec - This article was originally entitled 'Minervois 2013 – a real surprise' but so...
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Julia Trustram Eve, the particularly efficient marketing director of English Wine Producers, wrote this report, based on accounts gathered last...
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The harvest report below was supplied by the Champagne Bureau and therefore – perhaps unsurprisingly – tells of a high-quality...
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Jim Law of Linden Vineyards, Virginia finds harvest a little slow. Every vintage has its personality. During the growing season...
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Jim Law of Linden Vineyards reports that they are now finally experiencing perfect weather in Virginia wine country for the...
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Yohan Castaing writes: It looks now as though the 2013 French wine harvest is approaching average size for recent years...
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Down here in the Languedoc we have so far been spared the serious storm/hail damage that has afflicted Burgundy's Côte...
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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc writes:
Thousands of hectares of vines between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers in the Entre-Deux-Mers...
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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc writes:
To locate this scene of devastation, see this map on Bauduc.com and see also...
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Gareth Skidmore lives in Burgundy, where he works as a translator and teaches wine-business English to Burgundians. With all the...
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Gavin Quinney' writes: We had a storm in Bordeaux late last Friday and in the early hours of Saturday. Summer...
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Yohan Castaing writes: London is not the only place where temperatures soared in recent days; France has also been subject...
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Roberto de la Mota (pictured), talented and experienced winemaker at Mendel Wines, in which he is also a partner, and...
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