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Book reviews Wine Snobbery – book review

A scathing take on the wine industry that reminds us to keep asking questions – about wine, and about everything else. Wine Snobbery An insider’s guide to the booze business...

Henry Jeffreys Thursday 4 December 2025 • 4 min read

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Book reviews Rooted in Change – book review

Tamlyn Currin Wednesday 5 November 2025 • 1 min read

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Book reviews Book review – Angels' Visits

Henry Jeffreys Monday 29 September 2025 • 1 min read

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Follow the latest releases, or take a break from the news and write an ode to your favourite grape variety...

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Natural Trailblazers – book review

Camilla Gjerde shows us how we can all lower our carbon footprints whether we're buying, selling or making wine. Natural...

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Wine & The Food of Asia – book review

Natasha Hughes MW reviews Richard Hemming MW's candid guide to the complex maze of matching wine with a wide variety...

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New wine guides to the Jura, the Loire and Rioja

Two essential guides to overlooked wine regions – the Jura and the Loire – and a third on Rioja, the...

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Wine language – daft phrases

Last year I wrote about another aspect of wine language: false friends and confusing terms. Today it’s the turn of...

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Advice for wine communicators

How do you break into wine writing? Sam shares some savvy tips, along with some writing advice. Two weeks ago...

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Who's Afraid of Romanée Conti? – book review

After London's Burgundy Week, this latest book from the more unrestrained, indulgent and coruscating half of the Keeling Andrew wine...

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Wine guides – book reviews

Wine guides can make great gifts, and here they are in four flavours, from a classic pocketbook to the deeply...

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Natural Wine, No Drama – book review

A guide to wine made without artifice, for the curious, the experienced and the doubters alike. Natural Wine, No Drama...

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Víctor de la Serna – an appreciation

Spain’s most famous gourmet died on 18 October, five days after suffering a stroke in his office. Above, de la...

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One Thousand Vines – essential reading

Star sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier applies her philosophy studies, extraordinary wine knowledge and indefatigable curiosity in an exceptional, thought-provoking book. One...