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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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Roy Hersh of Seattle, great wine lover and best-known as a port expert has very kindly supplied these great tasting...
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See my overview of the 2003 vintage and the vintage port market and Roy Hersh of Seattle's excellent report at...
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A marked changed of gear was evident in the vertical tasting at Ch Angélus I enjoyed during this year’s primeurs...
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This is not a major set of tasting notes, but I thought I’d publish these few notes on some top...
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Below are current vintages of 65 of many of the finest Cabernets and Bordeaux blends made on either side of...
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It is far from my intention to use this website to inflict pain but, having mentioned last night’s Bouchard Père...
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See also the first half of my overview of the 2004 bordeaux vintage and then the second. Here's a summary...
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Here are my notes, virtually as written at the time, taken during Michel Rolland’s recent presentation of 13 of his...
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As you can see from these tasting notes, and from my beginner's guide to the wines of Toro, some excellent...
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This range of 2004 sweet wines was extremely varied, much more varied than in the ‘fat’ year of 2003 or...
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The relatively cloudy summer and late ripening season of 2004 suited Bordeaux’s dry white wines, the best of which are...
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As usual, most of these 168 wines were tasted blind, the exceptions being Chx Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Lafleur, Eglise Clinet...
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These reds, almost all except for those in the Haut-Brion stable tasted blind, seemed in general to have less of...
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14 apr: This is my final collection of notes on red wines from the Médoc. A huge collection of nearly...
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13 apr: At last – the most glamorous collection of names, and wines too – although, as ever, there are...
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13 apr: At last – the most glamorous collection of names, and wines too – although, as ever, there are...
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