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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
• 2 min read
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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'New world fruit, old world structure.' That was the shorthand phrase I learned for my MW studies in order to...
Wines of the week
From 185 rand, £23 Find this wine The French have a unit of sensory measurement known as a caudalie, 'equal...
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Among the accents I overheard at the babel of Cape Wine 2012, American was least frequent. That’s doubtless because of...
Don't quote me
The final morning of Cape Wine 2012 has dawned, and I am looking forward to another full day of conference-hall...
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Cape Town has been populated en masse by the world’s wine trade this week for the Cape Wine 2012 trade...
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Last week the identities of the first tranche of wines carrying South Africa's new, fully traceable, ethical seal were revealed...
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These days, if something goes viral, it's considered a big success. But not when that thing is a vineyard.
Leafroll...
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Many congratulations to whomever it was who pushed through the hugely significant plans announced yesterday in South Africa to accelerate...
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I'm afraid I know nothing about golf – except that Tiger Woods was a naughty boy and that two high-profile...
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I reckon the most controversial wine in the world would be biodynamic, 'natural' and made from Pinotage. Nothing quite polarises...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See recent tasting notes on Some...
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See also Richard on a vertical of Iona Sauvignon Blanc and my recent notes on some of the Cape Winemakers...
Tasting articles
Richard Hemming with a terrible pun and a foretaste of my collection of tasting notes on some very superior South...
Wines of the week
From £5.79 Find this wine The maiden vintage of this wine offers quite stunning value, although as far as I...
Tasting articles
See also recent tasting notes on Some of South Africa's best wines and Richard's tasting notes on Iona's Sauvignons. Tamlyn...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
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