Sustainability
Here at JancisRobinson.com we’ve reported on sustainability issues within the wine trade for many years. Jancis’s campaign against needlessly heavy bottles has directly affected how the industry views this topic, and we hope our extensive coverage of wider sustainability issues will have similar impact. We’ve collected here all our relevant articles.
Members can find relevant entries in The Oxford Companion to Wine here.
A lot of what we’ve published on sustainability is free for all – so even if you are not a member, you can find those articles here.
Articles concerning sustainability in wine
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另外还有门多萨最近对铜矿开采的接受以及法国南部标识在酒标上的终结。上图为夏布利的景色。
在我开始全球新闻之前...
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一本勇敢的书，以非凡的细节、实用主义和温暖来处理葡萄酒可持续发展这一难以驾驭的主题。
扎根于变革 可持续葡萄酒背后的故事
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2025年9月4日 拉弗尔酒庄 (Château Lafleur) 退出限制性的 法定产区 体系再次将灌溉推到了聚光灯下...
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2025年9月4日 法国优质葡萄酒产区是否应该更广泛地允许灌溉？我们重新发布这篇反对的论证，免费提供给所有人，以便为这场因 拉弗尔酒庄...
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此外还有中国一家主要零售连锁店的关闭，以及新西兰和澳大利亚葡萄园土地上的采矿项目。 野火烧毁法国南部和加利福尼亚...
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为什么定义地中海葡萄酒的身份比以往任何时候都更重要。 在波尔多酒庄或勃艮第葡萄园被分级为特级园的数千年前...
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特别关注葡萄园劳工。本文的简化版本发表于 《金融时报》。 图片来源： 达里亚·索泰克 (Daria Szotek)/葡萄园工作...
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主要是在伦敦的一些精彩品鉴，还有一次迷人的波尔多之旅。 这个月我做的最可怕的事情是读了一本叫《垃圾战争》的书，全部关于我们的垃圾会发生什么...
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从劳役马到酿酒师的宠儿。本文的简化版本由金融时报 发表。另见 新浪潮澳洲歌海娜——品鉴笔记。图片由马克·布尔曼 (Mark Bulman)...
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卡米拉·耶尔德 (Camilla Gjerde) 向我们展示了无论我们是购买、销售还是酿造葡萄酒，我们都可以如何降低碳足迹。 自然先锋者...
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我们已经对这个话题写得太多了。本文的简短版本由金融时报 发表。完整品鉴笔记请参见 葡萄酒协会的发现 – 2025年春季。...
Tasting articles
这是关于今年春季葡萄酒媒体品鉴会的报告。英国独特的合作制葡萄酒采购机构又带来了更多优惠。 上图左起，在俯瞰伦敦金融城的梅尼尔 (Menier...
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一款令人着迷的桃红酒， 伴随着积极变革的故事， 零售价从 €16.99、£22.50 起，其精品餐饮级别的特级园 (cru classé)...
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博若莱 (Beaujolais) 的最佳表现——价格实惠、易饮且负责任地种植和酿造。售价从 14.90 欧元、18.95 美元、18.99...
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还有一种环保的无酒精葡萄酒生产方式！尽管上图所示的葡萄酒引起了一些争议... 在我开始全球新闻之前，先说一点网站新闻—...
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另外还有对安妮塔·奥伯霍尔斯特博士 (Dr Anita Oberholster) 的悼词以及一些令人兴奋的网站新闻，包括重新发布更多...
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此外还有一项有前景的环保新技术，用于对抗霜霉病——这是世界各地葡萄园的常见祸害。 在我开始全球新闻之前，下周是伦敦勃艮第周...
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And the Porto Protocol’s new guide to environmentally friendly wine packaging, pictured above right.
Before I get to global news...
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专业品鉴活动不多，但午餐聚会异常频繁。
出于后勤原因，我必须在每月结束前稍早完成我的日记...
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希腊葡萄酒偶像雅尼斯·布塔里斯 (Yiannis Boutaris) 去世，享年82岁。上图显示他在希腊北部阿明代翁 (Amyndeon)...
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另外，MDMA掺入香槟案件中一名嫌疑人被捕，以及中国在三月份取消关税后澳大利亚出口的好消息。
毒品掺入香槟案件告破
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一款拥有一切甚至更多的白葡萄酒，从绝佳的风味到精彩的故事和B公司认证，起价18.29英镑和24.99美元。上图为尤尼科·泽洛 (Unico...
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一个非常特殊的葡萄园项目正在筹备中。 9月19日早上7点30分，我与七位男士和一位女士在罗马圣彼得广场中央的方尖碑下有个约会...
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此外，新一批泰勒波特金藤多元化学者。上图，从左上角顺时针方向：坎昌·辛德劳尔 (Kanchan Schindlauer)、埃米利亚诺...
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稀如凤毛麟角：一款曾经 成为本周之酒的本周之酒，尽管是不同年份。2020年份售价从14.49英镑起（24.96美元或19.50欧元）。...
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印度菜是否在为我们的星球指明方向？
印度在教导世界其他地方如何在未来享受美食方面处于绝佳位置。其14.5亿人口正在增长且日益自信...
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另外还有圣托里尼 2024 年收获的最新消息；澳大利亚年份酒业和裸酒公司的新闻；以及瑞典葡萄酒在瑞典葡萄酒品鉴会上的令人兴奋的成果，朱莉娅...
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2024年8月22日 现在 Anemos 号的首航正在进行中（萨姆 (Sam) 在 这里 报道），我们免费重新发布路易丝·赫伦...
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另外还有迄今为止最大规模的帆船运输葡萄酒的消息，正在 阿尼莫斯号 (Anemos) 上进行，这艘船隶属于 跨洋风力运输公司...
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一个全女性进口商团体举办了伦敦年度最令人兴奋的品鉴会之一。 当我推开门时...
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另外还有不列颠哥伦比亚省酒庄在今冬毁灭性冰冻后获得救济；一款新的超轻起泡酒瓶以及关于波罗的海沉船装载19世纪香槟酒瓶的消息...
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四瓶胜利般美味、灵活且环保意识强的桃红酒，以三瓶的价格装在便利紧凑、轻便的包装中，起价69英镑，89.95美元。 你可能会认为我疯了...
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许多酿酒师已同意 减轻酒瓶重量；他们现在会同意标准化酒瓶吗？酒瓶制造商也会同意吗？萨姆 (Sam) 报道了最近的一项活动；生产商请注意！...
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一个简单的方法来做出对地球友好的葡萄酒选择，不允许漂绿，由国际气候行动酒庄联盟 (International Wineries for...
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Just back from taking the Master of Wine Stage 2 practical exam, Sam tackles the hot topic of calories and...
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英国主导超市提供了大量超值选择——以及在瓶重方面值得称赞的行动。
詹西斯 (Jancis) 写道 我对特易购 (Tesco)...
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另外，美洲首家可行的、可扩展的酒瓶重复使用公司。上图中的瑞维诺 (Revino) 酒瓶将在未来几周内开始出现在俄勒冈的货架上。...
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气候变暖继续对世界各地的葡萄酒产区造成严重破坏，上图显示的是巴西葡萄酒 (Brasil de Vinhos) 发送的海伦诺·法钦...
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纳帕的酿酒师们为他们的 2021 年份感到自豪，这个年份介于经常受烟雾污染的 2020 年份和受严酷高温影响的 2022 年份之间...
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买家和收藏家们准备好：波尔多期酒品鉴正在进行中，2022年份波特酒的宣布正在陆续发布。此外，瓦豪推出了全地区的可持续发展承诺。...
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为有环保意识的葡萄酒爱好者提供的资源指南，以及对一项新倡议的帮助呼吁。
今天是 2024年地球日 。对于那些想知道这到底（无意双关...
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购买后尽快饮用您的罐装葡萄酒，以及本周其他重要葡萄酒新闻。上图是作者当地一家商店罐装葡萄酒选择的小快照。
在我深入新闻之前，我想提醒您...
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对于葡萄酒瓶来说，软木塞和螺旋盖哪个是更好的瓶塞？本文的简化版本由金融时报发表。
本世纪初在葡萄酒界激烈展开的、往往两极分化的辩论...
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本周有很多积极的消息，从法国农民权利到澳大利亚可持续包装倡议以及纳帕 2022 年份葡萄酒。还有那份关于葡萄酒与健康的煽动性报告？忘了它吧...
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多少力量算是太多？上图，特级园布兰德 (Brand)，摄于葡萄园中央。
阿尔萨斯的特级园是垂死的猛犸象还是超级英雄...
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杰米·古德 (Jamie Goode) 撰写了这本可能是十年来最佳新葡萄栽培学书籍的粗稿。
新葡萄栽培学 酿酒葡萄种植科学
杰米...
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2023年11月2日 今天我们重新发布这篇关于智利毁灭性洪水的报告，以引起您对一项筹款活动的关注：英国独立酒商靛蓝酒业 (Indigo...
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2023年10月26日 自我的原始文章发表以来，一家采矿公司西恩思私人有限公司 (Cienth Pty Ltd) 已重新申请在阿古拉斯角...
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一项旨在大幅减轻葡萄酒瓶重量的新倡议昨天通过 在线演示正式启动，并获得了极大的欢迎。...
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The food and drink editor of the Financial Times canvassed readers and staff for their questions about wine and put...
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加拿大西部的不列颠哥伦比亚省经历了有记录以来最严重的野火季节，最新的火灾正威胁着位于BC省葡萄酒产区中心的基洛纳 (Kelowna)...
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精选新酒款和新年份，一如既往地提供众多超值葡萄酒。此外还有来自乌科谷 (Uco Valley) 的杰出马尔贝克 (Malbec)...
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这是路易丝·赫伦 (Louise Hurren) 关于朗格多克可持续葡萄酒旅游三部曲系列的最后一篇。在这里她专注于 朗格多克西部（见 此地图...
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这是路易丝·赫伦 (Louise Hurren) 关于朗格多克可持续葡萄酒旅游三部曲系列的第二篇，她是一位在该地区生活了21年的葡萄酒传播者...
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在我们 2023年葡萄酒写作比赛的这篇参赛作品中，农民兼酿酒师艾米丽·坎波 (Emily Campeau) 写到了英国葡萄酒业先驱索菲...
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如何在朗格多克东部做一名可持续的游客，作者路易丝·赫伦 (Louise Hurren)，一位在该地区生活了21年的葡萄酒作家...
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这位雅拉谷 (Yarra Valley) 酿酒师的最新发布酒款体现了他对根瘤蚜的反传统方法，以及他对土地日益整体性的理解。
对抗根瘤蚜...
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2023年7月14日 由于其详细的 葡萄酒替代包装 报告于5月发布， 英国葡萄酒协会 (The Wine Society)...
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继塔姆 (Tam) 三月访问法国鲁西永之后，当时野生芝麻菜和樱桃树正值盛开，葡萄藤尽管经历了长期干旱但看起来令人印象深刻地具有韧性...
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这是基于今年南非葡萄酒竞赛版本的第三篇品鉴文章，同时概述了南非酒瓶重量情况。另请参阅 西拉 (Shiraz/Syrah)和 霞多丽...
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对于超市价值，避免最昂贵的葡萄酒。目前一些最好的超值选择如上图所示。本文的一个版本由金融时报 发表。另见 韦特罗斯 2023 年夏季。...
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2023年6月8日 我们很少发表发自内心的呼吁，但这篇值得免费转载。可能有令人鼓舞的迹象表明，越来越多的葡萄酒生产商意识到需要更轻的瓶子...
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在水资源短缺的情况下，鲁西永的酿酒师们正在提前规划。上图是特雷洛尔 (Treloar) 的一个老藤葡萄园，尽管严重缺雨...
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In her previous article, Louise Hurren examined the impact of drought on Mexico's vineyards. Here she looks at farming choices...
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An annual check-in with Burgundian wunderkind Charles Lachaux at his Vosne-Romanée estate. Above, Lachaux (centre) preaches to the press about...
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We can make a difference – and other takeaways from the Sustainable Wine Roundtable’s latest conference.
Last month, the Sustainable...
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A plea from the cyclone-hit east coast of the North Island. Above, the Omahu vineyard in the Gimblett Gravels in...
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A pair of sustainably produced bargains.
From €7.99, £11.95, $14.99, 242.65 Brazilian reais for the white 2021
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Wine producers have been complaining that bottles have been getting more difficult, and expensive, to source. Could lightweighting alleviate this...
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Severe drought and extreme heat pose a significant threat to wine production – especially in Baja California, Mexico (although see...
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28 June 2023 The Old Vine Registry has just been launched! See this article for background.
9 February 2023 Exciting...
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Ecological economics, the theory and practice of disruptive, sustainable economic systems such as degrowth economics, is something we’re going to...
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5 January 2023 We're republishing this article free in our Throwback Thursday series to remind you of the topic of...
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In this third episode of the JancisRobinson.com Podcast, Elaine Chukan Brown talks climate-change activism with sustainability scientist Kimberly Nicholas.
Two...
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Caroline Gilby MW points out that western Slovenia is ahead of the sustainability game – so far. You can’t help...
Book reviews
Books on wine-related sustainability issues still have a long way to go.
Crushed How a changing climate is altering the...
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A drought-stricken vintage that taxed the skills of every winegrower.
Vintages need to be seen in a rear-view mirror. You...
Wines of the week
Continuing with last week's theme of highly unusual wines, this wine of the week is a no-added-sulphite crémant from Luxembourg...
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10 November 2022 As the absolutely vital COP27 conference in Egypt on how to achieve the world's climate goals continues...
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It's always worth seeing what this superior UK supermarket with its particularly fine sherries at bargain prices is up to...
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Delicious canned wines and their other virtues. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also...
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As our 2022 wine writing competition draws to a close, we are sharing some of the feedback you provided in...
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Some surprisingly famous names have supplied wine to a Berlin-based canner of wine – and Richard Kelley MW continues to...
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15 September 2022 Very many thanks to the hundreds of readers who have already voted for their favourite entries from...
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A 600-ha estate in the northern Corbières is being ambitiously and ecologically transformed by Aymeric Izard and Anne Besse, seen...
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20 September 2022 Today is the last day you can vote. You have 24 hours (until 9 am UK time...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition offers an interesting perspective on sustainable viticulture in Rioja. For more great wine...
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In an interesting twist, this submission to our 2022 writing competition explores the regeneration of cider production in the heart...
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This essay is the second published entry in our WWC22 competition to focus on the Okanagan Valley in Canada. You...
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This is the second published entry to our 2022 wine writing competition to focus on the regenerative efforts of Tablas...
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In this entry to the 2022 writing competition, Craig Camp, manager of Troon Vineyard, which has been discussed in several...
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This submission to our WWC22 competition describes the regenerative practices of a winery in Bairrada, Portugal. See our WWC22 guide...
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The EPI group's three champagne houses (the Heidsiecks etc) have just become the first in Champagne to be certified as...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition describes the regeneration of Austrian wine. See our WWC22 guide for more.
Nathan...
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This entry to the WWC22 competition describes the adoption of regenerative viticultural practices by wineries in California and Oregon. See...
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This submission to our 2022 wine writing competition takes us to Alsace, where some producers are exploring the regenerative role...
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This entry to our WWC22 competition describes the unexpected importance of butterflies in regenerative viticulture. For more information on the...
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This submission to the 2022 wine writing competition discusses regeneration at a vineyard in New Zealand. For more information on...
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In this entry to our 2022 writing competition, author Gwendolyn Alley describes her experiences meeting with leading advocates of regenerative...
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In this submission to our 2022 writing competition, Josie Phillips describes the Torres family's innovations in the field of regenerative...
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Two red wines, from a hot, arid region, which you can chill and drink in a heatwave, plus a superb...
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This submission to our 2022 writing competition takes us to a place where no published WWC entry has gone before...
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This addition to our 2022 writing competition is one of several to discuss Troon Vineyard's impressive work in the field...
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This submission to our WWC22 competition describes the regeneration of a winery in Saussignac, south-west France. See our WWC22 guide...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition takes us to Greece. See our WWC22 guide for more great wine writing...
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This entry to our 2022 writing competition describes the regenerative role of viticulture and winemaking in Virginia. See our WWC22...
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Links to the (unedited) entries to this year's wine writing competition that have been published so far are below, with...
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This submission to our WWC22 competition describes the adoption of regenerative agricultural practices by a winery in British Columbia. See...
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This entry to our WWC22 competition takes us to the remote Azores. For more great wine writing, see our WWC22...
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Today is the inaugural Old Vine Day. To celebrate, we begin a series focused on vineyards' most venerable residents. Today's...
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The pandemic has arguably made vintners more thoughtful and more conscious of their special place in society. A shorter version...
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See our WWC22 guide for more. We're publishing this entry to our 2022 writing competition with heavy hearts. The climate...
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A good month before the current heatwaves in the northern hemisphere, Atomic Wine Sessions assembled the company above (Elaine in...
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Tamlyn writes Dudley Brown, winemaker, winegrower and husband of Dr Irina Santiago-Brown, who was the guest judge for our 2020...
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1 July 2022 A big thank-you to all those who sent in entries this year – far more than we...
Drinks not wine
Finally, there is a truly delicious way to stay sober.
Recently, two sets of the most seriously, and I use...
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9 June 2022 We're republishing this informative article free in our Throwback Thursday series.
25 May 2022 Tuscan winemaker, Katia...
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Wine producers flock to London and share their woes. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial...
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This year's prizes for our winning wine writers involve trees, both dead and alive.
We are now pleased to announce...
Wines of the week
Outstandingly good value to be found on Bordeaux's right bank.
From €13.79, £19.95, $28.99
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How vital is the clear-glass bottle? And what are its implications? A shorter version of this article is published by...
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The real-time screen above reminded us tasters why we need to seek alternatives to the glass bottle.
On 11 November...
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Why the new Regenerative Organic Certification (ROC) may be the gold standard of sustainable certifications. Troon in Oregon, above, is...
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Could regenerative viticulture be the answer to wine producers becoming front-line generals in the battle to save our planet? A...
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Winkler's climate classification with its Regions I to V is being updated to keep up with climate change.
California’s new...
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Veteran of 52 vintages and the varying weather they have exhibited, Brian Croser, of Tapanappa in South Australia, wonders whether...
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A special, sustainable way of selling wine. See also Uncharted but not unloved.
Rupert Taylor’s Uncharted Wines, launched on Beaujolais...
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Australia invented bag-in-box wine, and went on to invent many a name for it, including 'cask wine'. It has now...
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So how did I do? COVID-19 largely did for me. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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23 December 2021 Presentations from this remarkable virtual conference are available to our readers at a discount – see below...
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The concluding instalment of this challenging discussion between Katia Nussbaum, her brother Jono and Chris Howard. See part 1, part...
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Continuing from yesterday's instalment of Chris Howard and Katia Nussbaum's correspondence… Part 3 and part 4 to follow.
Katia writes...
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Katia Nussbaum of San Polino in Montalcino, author of last year’s coronadiary and this stimulating discussion of biodynamics , was...
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28 October 2021 In the lead-up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow we're republishing this article about wine...
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James Mayor meets two women in wine who are doing rather than talking about saving the planet. Headlines alert us...
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For the first time in many years, the laws governing how wineries can sell and advertise their products in California...
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A total of 20 important wine companies have now committed themselves to the Race to Zero carbon emissions and many...
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16 September 2021 Just to underline our last call for votes for your favourite articles in this year's competition –...
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Arnica Rowan reports from the centre of the current fatal heat dome. The record-breaking little town of Lytton, above, has...
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'Sumer is icumen in' – isn't it? A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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26 April 2021 More wines added from the Ukrainian winery Kolonist which perhaps prove the virtue of the earlier selection...
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19 April 2020 The French government have pledged €1bn in aid to frost-hit vignerons. The agriculture minister Julien Denormandie called...
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James Mayor discovers how a fifth-generation digital native is shaking up one of the best-known port shippers in its 140th...
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Bordeaux is really getting in the organic, and food-pairing, groove … as a Zoom lunch, and an unusual breakfast, proved...
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7 April 2021 See this report by Alder on Nomen, a new American wine brand deliberately packaged in high quality...
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23 January 2021 Tasting notes on two more canned wines added – an Albariño and Shiraz from First Crush.
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7 January 2021 We're republishing this free as part of our Throwback Thursday series.
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30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
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30 September 2021 BluAgri, part of the Esseco Group, and SOP Inside have gone their separate ways and are currently...
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… on Thanksgiving Day, with an apposite (rotated) image supplied by food photographer Alison Marras via Unsplash.
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I've been stalking these unique wines for over a year and can at last explain how to get your hands...
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Wine has replaced beer as the common man and woman's drink. A version of this article is published by the...
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Two new ways to package and deliver small quantities of wine that look seriously promising … and deeply sustainable.
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US wine importer Bartholomew Broadbent who represents De Martino wines from Chile (so, admittedly, is hardly an impartial commentator) contributes...
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The subject of Max's column this month is all too obvious: an argument about academic attribution that is gripping the...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See our competition shortlist, sustainability specialist Dr Irina...
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One of our two external judges in this year’s writing competition, Dr Irina Santiago-Brown, begins her survey of the entries...
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24 September 2020 See who won!
22 September 2020 We are thrilled to publish details of our 18 shortlisted entries...
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For our 2020 writing competition, Jessica Weatherbee's entry begins with this introduction, 'Jessica Weatherbee is a professional sommelier in Toronto...
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Today's entry to our writing competition is by Katie Truscott: 'a Canadian who returned to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia...
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Today's competition entry is not the first article featuring sustainability that the author has written for JancisRobinson.com. 'Caro Feely is...
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This is Dr Chris Howard's third entry to our writing competition – another sustainability hero from New Zealand. The images...
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Lisse Garnett's bio, for our sustainability heroes writing competition, is brief and to the point: ' Jobbing wine consultant, anything...
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'Anna-Lisa Campos is a Brooklyn-based wine professional, writer, and volunteer with Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation and Open Wine Forum. With...
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Cathy Corison is no stranger to these pages, but today it's her sustainability ethos she is being celebrated for. The...
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Today’s sustainability heroes writing competition entry is the second vote for Franz Weninger in Austria (not forgetting some vines in...
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Today's writing competition entrant takes us to Slovenia: 'My name is Sami-Jo Adelman and I’m from Sydney, Australia but have...
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'Chris Struck holds undergraduate degrees in Culinary Arts & Food Service Management from Johnson & Wales University & an Executive...
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Nicholas Daddona was one of the winners of our hospo food and wine pairing competition. Here he strives for more...
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Nicoletta Dicova writes, 'Wine has been at the very center of my life in the past 10 years both personally...
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Today's sustainability hero comes from the Loire and the competition entrant introduces herself thus: 'Allison Burton-Parker is the Marketing &...
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Mirko Pastorelli's second entry to our competition came with a heart-felt and very honest explanation. He wrote, 'In the last...
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Gergely Ripka’s third ‘Tokaj trilogy’ entry is about a winery that achieved their organic certification in 2019 and began working...
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Today's (unedited) entry in our sustainability heroes writing competition is by Anna Chilton, who has just left her job as...
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For the second entry in his Tokaj trilogy, Hungarian Gergely Ripka finds yet another producer investing not only in the...
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Cathy P Lee writes, ‘I once was a wannabe scientist in London, but I never did look good in a...
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Our latest competition entrant writes in from Vancouver in Canada. ‘These last few pandemic ridden months Ian Casterton has switched...
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Tokaj specialist Gergely Ripka introduces the first of his (unedited) Tokaj trilogy competition entries with a bit about himself: ‘I...
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Today's entrant to our writing competition describes herself thus: 'My name is Annamaria Juhasz, I currently live in Budapest, Hungary...
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Today’s (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is a collaboration between two MWs, Ashley Hausman and Martin Reyes...
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The latest entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition comes from a Russian sommelier in Bordeaux, who takes us south...
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Today’s entrant to our sustainability heroes competition writes: ‘My name is Karen Magner, and I live in Denver, Colorado, where...
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Introducing her entry to our 2020 writing competition, Anja Zidar writes in from Ljubljana, Slovenia. ‘I'm a 38-year-old sales and...
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Bob Davidson writes, ‘After studying Philosophy at university and then short stint in PR, Bob’s wine career started with the...
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Robin Haworth writes: 'I am Paris-based and work in oil and gas. There are parallels between oil & wine, two...
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'My name is Helena Jordan and I am 28 years old. I am from Austria, been trained as a sommelier...
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The latest entrant to our sustainability heroes writing competition gives us her pretty starry bio before submitting her (unedited) entry...
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American Katie Quinn submits her (unedited) entry to our 2020 writing competition with this bio: ' My name is Katie...
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Anna Harris-Noble writes, ' Now based back in London, after returning from eight years working in the wine sector in...
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The next (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is from Alex Hill: 'I’m Alex. Like many in the...
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Today's entry to our writing competition (unedited as usual) comes from Austria via Italy via Hungary. 'Hi, my name is...
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Robert Stanier is no stranger to our writing competitions, nor to our Members' forum, but for those who don’t know...
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‘ Nicole Bilson is a wine educator, writer and sommelier based in Melbourne, Australia. Her career also includes stints in...
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As an introduction to his (unedited) article for our sustainability heroes writing competition, today's entrant writes, ‘ Skyler Ring is...
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John Clegg’s (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition begins thus, ‘I am a graduate student, educator, and writer...
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Evan White from Manhattan, New York, writes in to introduce his (unedited) entry to the writing competition, ‘Hi there! Up...
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Clayton Fox talks to one of Napa's most famous organic pioneers for his entry to our sustainability heroes competition. 'I...
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With no fewer than three entries to our writing competition, Aaron Bartels, flag-bearer of sustainable Oregon and fine-wine specialist for...
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Introducing her entry to our 2020 writing competition, Anna Hickson writes, 'My name is Anna and I hold the level...
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As her introduction to our sustainability heroes writing competition (see our guide), Marisa Finetti writes: ‘Fifteen years after journalism school...
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From the party-animal island of Mykonos comes a surprisingly quiet, gentle story of sustainability. 'My name is Yannis Athanasakopoulos. I...
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Jaume Pàmies i Blanes is based in Barcelona and Girona. In his introduction to his writing-competition entry, he says, '...
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This entrant to our sustainability heroes competition writes, 'Hi! My name is Maria Amélia Vaz da Silva. I used to...
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Sarah Suzanne introduces herself for our sustainability heroes writing competition thus: 'I’m based in North Somerset and currently studying for...
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‘A self-identified dreamer, writer, oenophile and seeker. A Kentucky native who has lived in Chicago, Denver, Oakland and is now...
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Today's entry in our sustainability writing competition is from a biochemist in Poland. 'My name is Malgorzata Partyka and I...
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This is Aaron Bartels' second (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition. For his first entry and all the...
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Introducing his entry to our 2020 writing competition, Londoner David Frail writes, ‘I retired from International Telecoms in December and...
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Jinglin Zhang is the founder of Grape Paradise, a boutique wine importer focusing on Italian wine in China. After gaining...
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For his second entry to our writing competition, Dr Chris Howard takes us to Martinborough, New Zealand, with photos kindly...
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Hannah Biggs is a sommelier at Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham (finally re-opening this week) and her sustainability hero is...
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We are delighted to announce that two prominent figures in the sustainability field have agreed to help us to find...
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' My name is Aaron David Bartels, MA WSET 3 with Distinction. I currently work as a fine wine specialist...
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For this (unedited) entry to our sustainability writing competition , Ruma Singh takes us from Bangalore, where she lives, to...
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Olga Antoniadou is yet to miss one of our wine writing competitions and the 2020 sustainability heroes competition is no...
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Andy Kelly introduces his entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition: 'I’m a wine lover currently based in Liverpool, UK...
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Mirko Pastorelli is an Italian sommelier who belongs to the Association of Professional Italian Sommeliers (ASPI). He has experience in...
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Introducing his entry to our writing competition (which happens to be the second vote for Antiyal), Peter McRostie of Mastering...
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Jeannie Boutelle works in sales and marketing in food, wine and travel. She is based in Chicago, is a wine...
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Introducing his (unedited) entry to our 2020 writing competition, Jerry Smith writes, ' I am an amateur in the world...
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Charlotte Fenwick is a chartered accountant living and working in Newcastle upon Tyne. An amateur wine enthusiast, she also runs...
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In what might be the most unexpected entry to our writing competition, we received an introduction that began thus: 'My...
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Stacey Nardozzi is a wine specialist at Bedales Wine Bar & Shop in Borough Market. She’s originally from Detroit, Michigan...
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Today's entry to our 2020 wine writing competition is from Dr Chris Howard, an anthropologist interested in the biocultural aspects...
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Today, our wine competition entry is by an author who introduces herself thus: 'My name is Helena Olmi, 27 years...
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Adam Knoerzer submits his entry to our writing competition with this introduction: 'I am a wine educator, consultant, and writer...
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Christos Fatouros writes, 'I come from Greece but currently live in the UK and my relationship with wine is one...
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Ed Verrill writes, 'Taking a break from London wine bars, I moved to Australia for my first vintage in 2018...
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Our 2020 writing competition moves to Chile today with the first of two entries (so far) about the country's first...
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Morgan Mellish CSW is the sales project manager for Cowhorn Vineyard in Jacksonville, Oregon. She makes a passionate bid for...
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The next entry for our 2020 summer wine writing competition is from P aul Temperton, who describes himself as '...
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28 August 2020 Congratulations to Jacky, who is one of the 16 new Masters of Wine announced today.
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Below are links to the entries in this year's writing competition that have so far been published. Most recently published...
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The first entry for our 2020 summer wine writing competition is from Mike Bartlett, 'a 53-year-old Londoner, passionate amateur wine...
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22 September 2020 Details of the 18 shortlisted entries are published here.
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Miami-based Sarah Phillips of Liv-ex, winner of last summer's writing competition, swapped classed growths for canned wine for a while...
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Agronomist Maurizio Gily, pictured above by Andreas Maerz, is a specialist in viticulture and oenology as well as editor and...
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Matthew Hayes follows up his report on the effects of climate change on the Côte d'Or with interviews at Domaines...
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Derek Mossman Knapp of Garage Wines reports on how his agricultural community in Maule, southern Chile, has been coping with...
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What's very good, and occasionally bad, about the substantially transformed Argentine wine scene. A shorter version of this article is...
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Ramifications of carbon-emission considerations. Glass v the rest. Rail v air. And more.
On Saturday, in Glass dimissed?, I put...
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3 March 2020 See the end of this article for a response from FEVE – the European Container Glass Federation...
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Richard McIntyre MB BS (Monash), D Phil (Oxon), FRACS, owner and winemaker of Moorooduc Estate in the Mornington Peninsula, contributes...
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Two winners and a runner-up announced below, on what we thought was the most appropriate date.
What a thoughtful and...
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Nick on restaurants
Nick, Unpacker in Chief, gets cross about how these bottles were packaged. It’s that time of the year again, the...
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The US – China trade war has had far-reaching effects on the California wine industry, not least in its choice...
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12 December 2019 This article is so important that we are republishing it free so that as many people as...
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Some thoughts on the meaning of cool prompted by an unexpectedly warm celebration of Chardonnay in Niagara-on-the-Lake. See also Cool-climate...
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Alistair Cooper MW reports on a conference in Canada.
An unseasonably cold and snowy Montreal played host to Tasting Climate...
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7 November 2019 We so enjoyed Burton Anderson’s fascinating and wry article that we are republishing it free today. Meanwhile...
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20 September 2019 In line with today's Earth Strike Day's events around the globe designed to encourage action in the...
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Tam will be speaking at an event in London designed to highlight how sustainability can be put into practice in...
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Alder Yarrow charts the new big thing in wine in the US. We're very pleased to publish a monthly column...
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A new, ecologically and socially responsible direction for Symington Family Estates. Apart from one or two world leaders, there are...
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Veteran South Australian wine producer Brian Croser shares a blast from the south.
I am sitting in my office looking...
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This spring has been just as challenging for vine growers in California as in Italy, it seems. Grapevines are notoriously...
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Brian Croser of Tapanappa reports on a small, dry and moderate vintage in South Australia. Croser believes that his interpretation...
Hemming's spittoon
Goodness is in the glass of the beholder – depending on your definitions. Wine is, on the face of it...
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Tom Lloyd-Jones of English Wine Adventures gets quite heated about the possibilities for English wine if global warming continues. See...
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A version of this survey of the effect of climate change on Austria is published by the Financial Times. See...
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Nick wrote this cri de coeur about wine packaging last night, when still furious with two French wine producers. Last...
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Norway’s first grape harvest suggests the world really is warming up. If President Trump continues to deny climate change, perhaps...
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The late Sir Fredy Fisher, the editor of the FT from 1973 to 1980, would, I believe, have been spinning...
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See this guide for links to all the articles in our 2018 coverage of rosé wines. 19 July 2018 Tam's...
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When John Williams of Frog’s Leap (pictured here) organised...
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Long used to depending on the weather, grape growers in California are largely scratching their heads these days, as long-standing...
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29 March 2018 We are resurrecting this article in our Throwback Thursday series partly because its 10-year-old content is an...
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‘I have been travelling the world for nearly 25 years, and I do not remember a year in which the...
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My life has changed in so many ways since we moved into our brand-new flat on 5 December 2016. The...
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Author of this report, Marcelo Retamal, technical director of De Martino, is one of the most respected winemakers in Chile...
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22 June Purple Pager Malcolm Lamont contacted us from Canada to say that ReCORK has a cork collection box at...
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For my other more specific reports on the ICCWS, see Vine breeding – worth all that effort? and Robots in...
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This article has been syndicated. Last March I gave several talks in Tokyo to Japan’s exceptionally numerous and exceptionally polite...
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It’s not so much of a heatwave as it is a suffocating blanket. Until yesterday, 14 July, the Walla Walla...
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23 Sep – an independent enquiry has been announced here. The approval of a new sustainability programme for Australian wine...
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The first scientifically based session of last weekend's MW Symposium in Florence was entitled ' A new world of wine...
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Longstanding visitors to this site will know of my campaign against unnecessarily heavy bottles. I'm pleased that there is now...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Wine is one of the most...
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Anyone who takes a long-focus view of the earth can see that we are using up our resources far too...
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José Manuel Ortega has established O Fournier wineries in Ribera del Duero, Chile and Argentina. Here, the day after Andrew...
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Highly respected Western Australian Dr John Gladstones AM recently published his latest book, Wine, Terroir and Climate Change , to...
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Brian Croser, founder of Petaluma and senior figure in Australian wine, muses on last week's wine symposium in the nation's...
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See our Guide to 2009 Rhône coverage. There are some lovely wines among the hundreds described below but my tastings...
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I'm in love. The other day I finally opened a large yellow and red box that had been sent to...
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I have long thought that there are several fortunes to be made by enterprising industrial designers prepared to help us...
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This unprepossessing green sludge might just save the planet. It is algae being experimented with at Torres in Penedès, where...
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I have just published my very enthusiastic tasting notes on Chapoutier's 2009 Sélections Parcellaires. Because I was out of the...
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Oxidation, oxidation, oxidation. Not a recent UK election slogan modelled on Tony Blair's 2007 priorities for government, 'Education, education, education'...
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See a new report on the potential for safely using lighter bottles for sparkling wines here . Unlike most, South...
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When Spanish wine producer, journalist and active purple pager Victor de la Serna told us on our members’ forum how...
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Those who have been following our campaign against unnecessarily heavy wine bottles (see, for example, Name and shame heavy bottles)...
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Given our long-standing campaign to promote lighter and more recyclable packaging, and especially to name and shame those who continue...
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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia in the Maremma region on the Tuscan coast, one of the first so-called Supertuscans, in conjuction with the...
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There are heartening signs that heavy wine bottles are on the way out. As many of you know, we have...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial...
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We have long tried to campaign against ridiculously heavy bottles on this site. See, for example, Name and shame heavy...
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Anne McLennan of Cleggett Wines, secretary of the Langhorne Creek Winemakers' Association, wrote to me out of the blue from...
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At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on...
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Today we introduce a new contributor to JancisRobinson.com. Until recently Walter Speller was the wine buyer at Sir Terence Conran's...
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On the day after the Co-op announced that it was taking...
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Can these 10 green bottles be effectively recycled? Might they evolve into 10 clear, coated bottles over the next few...
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Bad blood seems to be developing between Britain’s wine importers and the local glass manufacturers. According to this week’s Harper’s...
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There may not have been many Spaniards in attendance – as Jancis recounts in Torres a lone Spaniard on climate...
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Pancho Campo's Second World Meeting on Climate Change & Wine held in Barcelona 15-16 Feb seems to have been a...
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It’s a sign of the times that a wine bottler is making a song and dance about a new bottle...
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De Bortoli’s talented senior winemaker in the Yarra Valley Steve Webber, lavished with praise in Campbell Mattinson's exceptional new book...
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Pancho Campo of the Wine Academy, Spain, is offering purple pagers a 25% saving on the normal fees for the...
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I have become increasingly concerned about the trend towards heavier and heavier bottles and their impact on the planet’s resources...
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At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week it was difficult to ignore climate change and discussion of its...
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Bodybuilder wines are everywhere, but do we have to have bodybuilder bottles too? Enough already! I have kept quiet on...