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Wine discoveries – January 2026
From light, delicate Prosecco to cult wine from Bordeaux and red Zinfandel, there’s something for everyone in these 25 wines. Above, the 1,000-year-old chapel at St-Jacques d’Albas, source of one...
Team JR
Tuesday 3 February 2026
• 2 min read
Wine news in 5
Friuli floods, Ste Michelle sold, UK duty hike, French Bloom buys vineyard, LVMH strikes
Plus potential fraud in Vinho Verde, China’s recognition of Burgundy appellations, and the campaign for protected land in Australia’s Barossa. Above, Bibendum’s sobering calculation on the effect of UK excise...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 13 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Don't quote me
Continuing her travels round the world of wine as part of her OIV MSc course, Victoria Daskal reaches China, as...
Tasting articles
I was surprised by quite how much interest was generated by my tasting notes on the best Chinese wines to...
Nick on restaurants
This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Restaurateurs in Hong Kong and Shanghai...
Free for all
This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. For over three decades since Christie’s...
Free for all
After several weeks in detention as a result of a China Customs investigation into under-payment of China’s as valorem wine...
Free for all
Written by Simon Tam. The Associated Press and International Herald Tribune are now confirming my story first reported here back...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. A pot of jasmine tea overlooking the Yangtze river; a beer...
Free for all
Lost in the clamour of denials from leading Chinese wine importer ASC Fine Wines as to the reported value of...
Inside information
Here is the text of an email I received this morning which its sender, the founder of China's biggest wine...
Inside information
Simon Tam, purple pager and Hong Kong-based wine educator, reports on investigations at ASC Fine Wines. Just as a fever...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. As we walked down the stairs from the branch of the...
Free for all
This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See also Chinese wine – the...
Tasting articles
See also, Will China ever be a serious wine producer? While in China nearly two weeks ago I seized every...
Inside information
I’m now back in London from a whirlwind tour of duty-free Hong Kong, vibrant and cosmopolitan Shanghai, the wilds of...
Travel tips
Here are some tips on where to refuel between Olympic events this summer, listed by speciality. See also Nick's article...
Inside information
Even if you do not regularly scroll through the hundreds of threads on the members' forum, I urge you to...
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