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De-alcoholised wine is a poor substitute for the real thing. But there are one or two palatable alternatives. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above...

Jancis Robinson Saturday 3 January 2026 • 1 min read

Free for all Wines to squirrel away

Some wine really does get better with age, and not all of it is expensive. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. One of...

Jancis Robinson Saturday 20 December 2025 • 1 min read

Gerhard Wohlmuth looking up at the Edelschuh vineyard

Tasting articles Austria's Single Vineyard Summit 2025 – Styria

Tara Q Thomas Tuesday 18 November 2025 • 8 min read

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Ayl vineyard of Peter Lauer high above the Mosel

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Jancis's 2019 GGs

The first of four tranches of tasting notes on white Grosse Gewächse from the exciting 2019 vintage. See also this...

Dr Katharina and Dr Manfred Prum of J J Prum overlooking the Mosel

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German 2019 white and 2018 red strays

The headline may suggest these are also-rans but that would be quite wrong. There are some completely gorgeous wines here...

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Bid now for German auction wines

Wine auctions are very specific and special in Germany and this year's are just about to start, with a COVID-induced...

The traditional Bocksbeutels of Franken, Bürgerspital's range in this case

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German 2020 releases – Franken

The last of this mammoth series based on Michael's pandemic-inspired tastings at home in the Ahr Valley. See this guide...

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German 2020 releases – Rheingau

See this guide to our unrivalled coverage of German 2019s. Thanks to the sheer number of wines submitted, the Rheingau...

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Riesling – love rekindled

First love, and surely the perfect wine for a heatwave. Many more Rieslings to savour tomorrow in Michael's next tranche...

Winninger Uhlen, Germany's second-steepest vineyard

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German 2020 releases – Mosel and Nahe

See this guide to our considerable, and growing, coverage of the exceptional 2019 vintage and other current releases of German...

Cornelius and Helmut Dönnhoff, Nahe winemakers in Germany

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Howard Ripley 2019 Germans part 2

See also yesterday's part 1 with its tasting notes on 100 wines from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. As I explained yesterday, these two...

Zilliken family, famous for their Saar wines in Germany

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Howard Ripley 2019 Germans part 1

Last year produced an exceptional crop of German wines. Here are tasting notes on 100 of them, including some made...

J J Prum tasting bottles for 67 Pall Mall

Wines of the week

J J Prüm, Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spätlese 2016 Mosel

From €20, £25.95, 685 Czech koruna, $37.30, HK$3,624 per case of 12, AU$74.99 Find this wine COVID-19 lockdown has of...

Tiers vineyard at Piccadilly in the Adelaide Hills on 29 October 2019

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Australian Rieslings, and Chardonnays compared

Mainly very fine Chardonnay, mostly (though not all) from Australia, but some Australian Rieslings, and some French and American Chardonnays...

Winetraders Italian bottles at their 2020 London tasting

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Winetraders – German gems in an Italian setting

Founder of Winetraders Michael Palij MW has been branching out, resulting in a blind tasting that confounds Tim during the...

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Kellers favour Kabinett

The latest vintage of whites and reds, some brand new wines, and a spotlight on Kabinett, from three generations of...

Heiligenkirche vineyard by Neiss of the northern Pfalz

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Awfully Neiss

Michael drowns in fine wine from the cooler northern Pfalz. I have been aware of the wine estate of Neiss...

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German 101 from The WineBarn

Celebrating diversity in German wine, with a special plea for Franken (pictured in winter). Although Riesling and Spätburgunder inevitably dominate...