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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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Wine news in 5
Strengthening US wine labelling, new EU trade deals, market reports, more bottles lighten up
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 30 January 2026
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Wildfires in Chile, New Zealand floods, South Africa starts harvest, Prosecco sales strong
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 23 January 2026
• 1 min read
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A shorter version of this article is published in the Financial Times. See also David and Nadia spread their wings...
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See also Julia's tasting article yesterday on another famous Cape winemaking couple, the Alheits. ‘Don’t expect Swartland wine producers to...
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‘Welcome to the Chris Alheit Show’, said Richard Kelley MW of Dreyfus Ashby, Alheit’s UK importer, as he introduced this...
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20 September 2018 Mark Solms reports on events yesterday: 'The liquidation application has been postponed indefinitely. Now we have to...
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Are you a woman? (I’m delighted to report that we have been receiving more entries in our seminal wine competition...
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From 135 South African rand, £15.50, €16.80, NZ$34.99, AU$40, 250 Norwegian kroner Find this wine Deeply conservative South Africa did...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. I’ll be taking a break in the Languedoc over...
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See also MW Symposium – wines on the frontier and MW Symposium – more on microbes .
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From £17.70, 189 Swedish krona, $29.99
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If you have ever been sceptical about the combination of Sauvignon...
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From €11.95, £15.75, 250 South African rand
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We’ve been writing quite a bit about South African wine...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See recent tasting notes on the latest crop of...
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See also South Africa's old-vine marvels and South Africa at a crossroads. Jancis writes The image above gives a rather...
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See also New Wave South Africa – latest crop and South Africa at a crossroads.
Thanks to the inimitable viticulturist...
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From 215 rand, £18.40, 29.90 Swiss francs, $33.93, €28.75
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Okay, who knows where Greyton is? I’m rather...
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5 August 2017 Thanks to a few generous recent contributions the fund is now oversubscribed which is great news. And...
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Five years ago Kathy Jordan of Jordan Wine Estate in Stellenbosch (pictured here) launched a two-fold wine mentoring programme aimed...
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