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Inside information Barolo 2020 – sneak preview

What does the vintage produced in COVID times look like? Walter gives us a foretaste of wines that will be released on 1 January 2024. See also his tasting notes...

Walter Speller Tuesday 12 December 2023 • 1 min read

Free for all Lessons from an exile

Guest contributor Thursday 29 December 2022

Snow-capped mountains in the western Bekaa Valley with the vineyards of Kherbet Kanafar in the foreground

Free for all What Lebanese wine needs

Guest contributor Thursday 3 November 2022

More COVID-19

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Post-COVID reflections

The pandemic has arguably made vintners more thoughtful and more conscious of their special place in society. A shorter version...

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Wine in the tropics

Yes, the Maldives were paradise – except for the wine prices. A version of this article is published by the...

Nick on restaurants

How will hospitality recover?

How has the pandemic affected the UK's restaurants and bars? COVID-19 has hit those working in the hospitality industry harder...

Wine Tower at 67 Pall Mall Singapore with Mateus rosé

Tasting articles

The Singapour – February 2022

Richard's monthly round-up of wines tasted recently in Singapore, where he's been busy, then hugely disappointed. This month witnessed the...

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As easy as BBC

A new wine course is now available. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...

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Saving the Restaurant – a new film

SOMM TV's latest production focuses on how the pandemic has devastated the hospitality industry. In February 2020, Jancis and Nick's...

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Goodbye Napa

3 February 2022 We're republishing this delightful account free today as part of our Throwback Thursday series. 31 January 2022...

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New Year's resolutions revisited

So how did I do? COVID-19 largely did for me. A version of this article is published by the Financial...

Max on Oz

Lockdown Down Under

Max describes how Australia has become a nation divided by the pandemic and its effects. Virginia and Cath Willcock live...

Travel tips

48 hours in Ljubljana

Just a two-hour (cheap) flight from London, the city of dragons might just be the perfect weekend getaway. It could...

Hemming in Asia

Wine in China: what the dragon is drinking

Richard surveys the latest news from the wine market in China. My last review of the wine scene in China...

Nick on restaurants

Noble Rot wins Cooking with California

Chairman of judges in a new professional cooking competition designed to promote California wine in the UK announces the winner...

Restaurant menus written on mini blackboards

Nick on restaurants

What has become of the menu?

Two Languedoc restaurants reviewed as we leave the region for Burgundy en route home to London. Despite their many charms...

Max on Oz

Smoke taint – the Australian consumers' view

Some smoke-affected wines are going down a storm Down Under. See also Smoke taint – a winemaker's view, Smoke taint...

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Golden Vines applicants – Alec Merkt-Caprile

During the Taylor’s Port Golden Vines Diversity Scholarships application process, Alec Merkt-Caprile, pictured above in Bordeaux in 2019, drove across...