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Languedoc whites – looking to the future
Part one of a two-part exploration of change in the vineyards of southern France. Not for the first time, I’ve come away from the Languedoc convinced that it’s the whites...
Tamlyn Currin
Tuesday 16 December 2025
• 5 min read
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The greatest-ever champagne vintage?
A comparative tasting of champagne from the highly acclaimed 1996 vintage and the overshadowed 1995. And a daring way to remove a recalcitrant champagne cork. Was 1996 the greatest-ever champagne...
Andy Howard MW
Monday 15 December 2025
• 4 min read
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There should be some real value in this little collection of the wines carrying the appellations Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur, Côtes...
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The 120-plus wines described below include the greatest young St-Émilion I have ever tasted, Cheval Blanc, and some excellent wines...
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And so we move on to the right bank after all last week’s left bank tasting notes and find lots...
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I was very impressed by the number of successful Pessac-Léognans and Graves made in 2005. You’ll find notes on many...
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Battle of the giants between Cos and the under-sale Montrose here – and giant is the word for the proportions...
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Lots of heavy hitters here. Latour has excelled itself again, and yet Lafite is a stunning wine and continues to...
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This was, as usual, a very solid performance though perhaps not as relatively thrilling as in some more difficult years...
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Ripeness seemed to reach record levels in all three of these appellations – perhaps partly because of the relatively high...
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On the basis of the tasting noted below, I feel confident that many 1996s, especially on the left bank which...
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Below are my tasting notes in full on the 70 vintage champagnes tasted in the tasting described in fine wine...
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For the background to how these 22 wines were tasted, see News from Ampuis. Guigal, Condrieu La Doriane 2005 17...
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Last December I had a chance to taste a vertical of 14 of the most notable vintages of Ornellaia since...
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I promised to publish my tasting notes on the recent release of Yquem 2002 – the first tasting note you...
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Below are my full tasting notes, scores and suggested drinking dates for the 1998 blind tasting described in fine wine...
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Here are a few more 2004 southern Rhône reds I have had the pleasure of tasting since my major set...
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There follow tasting notes on a total of about 125 Austrian Grüner Veltliners tasted by me and 50 Austrian Rieslings...
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