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Natural Trailblazers by Camilla Gjerde - book cover

Book reviews Natural Trailblazers – book review

Camilla Gjerde shows us how we can all lower our carbon footprints whether we're buying, selling or making wine. Natural Trailblazers 13 ways to climate-friendly wine Camilla Gjerde Published by...

Tamlyn Currin Tuesday 22 April 2025 • 1 min read

Charlie Sims and Honey Spencer of Sune Restaurant in London sitting outside

Nick on restaurants Sune of Hackney

An East London restaurant with a strong wine bent and an unusual front-of-house partnership. Above, Charlie Sims and Honey Spencer of Sune. At seven o’clock on a Tuesday evening, Sune...

Nick Lander Sunday 9 February 2025 • 1 min read

Book reviews Natural Wine, No Drama – book review

Tamlyn Currin Thursday 12 December 2024 • 1 min read

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Reta's 2016 European tour – part 1

Author of this report, Marcelo Retamal, technical director of De Martino, is one of the most respected winemakers in Chile...

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The newer Zealand

A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Mainly Martinborough, plus Kumeu River. Global uncertainty...

Hemming's spittoon

The terrifying spectre of global political unrest, broccoli, and wine

Searching the news headlines for stories to inspire a light-hearted wine column has proved a somewhat gloomy exercise recently. In...

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WWC 21 – Simon Woolf

Number 21 in our ongoing series of entries to our wine writing competition comes from Simon Woolf, who tells us...

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WWC 19 – Jacky Blisson

Jacky Blisson, the nineteenth entrant to our wine writing competition, here offers one piece imagining what her wine-merchant grandfather might...

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WWC 17 – Caroline Gilby MW

Caroline Gilby MW is well known in wine circles for her unrivalled knowledge of wine production in eastern Europe. She...

Tasting articles

Caves de Pyrène's 'bargains'

It's difficult to think of any tasting in which my appreciation of the wines shown seesawed quite so violently. But...

Alex on taste

200% whole cluster and other modern trends

1 September For today's Throwback Thursday we are publishing free Alex's bi-monthly column for members that was published yesterday. 31...

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Cutting down on sulphur

A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Low-sulphur wines. Since the beginning...

Tasting articles

Low-sulphur wines

See also Cutting down on sulphur. One of the most common complaints I receive from readers is that they react...

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Australia – the wild ones

A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also my tasting notes on these wines. In...

Tasting articles

Off-piste Australians – tasting notes

See also my overview Australia – the wild ones. Yesterday in London I had the pleasure of tasting current examples...

Tasting articles

Tour de France in seven Pinots

The Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration in New Zealand usually offers delegates – local producers, Pinot-enamoured consumers and journalists alike...