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New French grape variety, Argentina’s falling exports, UK’s rising wine taxes
Also, Concha y Toro set to purchase Provence estate Mirabeau (shown above); an update on Facebook’s recent recommendation bans and on New Zealand mining projects, and the passing of five...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 February 2026
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The map is not the terroir – on Brittany
A continuation of Chris Howard’s two-part exploration of the newly revived wine regions of north-west France. Above, an aerial view of Vignoble Roc’h-Mer, courtesy of winemaker Lucas Pfister. See also...
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Wednesday 4 February 2026
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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
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Jancis let me know that my article last Saturday on the particular charms of our holiday spent not eating out...
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Yohan Castaing sends this English summary of the official Ministry of Agriculture report on this year’s grape-growing season in France...
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Nine kilometres separate the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London SW7 from the much newer Collège Français Bilingue de...
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See part 1. The biggest change to Carcassonne's outdoor market in the Place Carnot this summer was immediately obvious. Even...
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Those who read my paean of praise a year ago to the charms of the market in the Place Carnot...
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As the 2014 harvest kicks off in the Napa Valley, Yohan Castaing and I speculate about the size of the...
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Some Bastille Day thoughts from Nick. Schadenfreude, joy provoked by the misery of others, is not a sentiment many of...
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As long predicted, the US overtook France to become the world's biggest consumer of wine last year, a year in...
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Update 30 Sep pm – Apparently the website cited below enjoyed 150,000 visits last weekend – JR. Yohan Castaing writes...
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Written by Monty Waldin. See our guide to this week's comprehensive stocktake on the extent of organic and biodynamic viticulture...
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Yohan Castaing writes: ' Serve them good wine, they will make good laws', said Michel de Montaigne, one of the...
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Written in conjunction with Yohan Castaing. In a terse press release at the end of last week, the French Ministries...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See full list and my tasting...
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Yohan Castaing writes: Most French vineyards are developing much later than they were in 2011, which was admittedly an exceptionally...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. François Simon, France's least recognised but most respected and most feared...
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I had breakfast with the French Minister of Agriculture yesterday, the way you do. Actually, it was a breakfast meeting...
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