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Bordeaux 2005
Last month’s tastings of the stellar 2005 Bordeaux were notable for the triumph of lesser known estates. Decanter editor GUY WOODWARD assesses the implications
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My passion for wine: Nicholas Soames MP
The Conservative MP and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill enjoys a robust indulgence in wine. Guy Woodward recounts a bruising encounter
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Sir Christopher Bland: My Passion For Wine
What does a knight of the realm, and chairman of one of Britain’s biggest companies do to relax? Prune vines, he tells Guy woodward
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Ageing Wine- Dead wood?
We’re all familiar with the buttery characteristics of oak-aged wines, but has their day been and gone? GUY WOODWARD finds the answer is far from a barrel of laughs��
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Bordelais wine: Putting the X in Bordeaux
For many young drinkers, Bordeaux is old-fashioned and irrelevant. GUY WOODWARD meets a group determined to inject the X-factor into the region’s international image
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My Passion for Wine: Felicity Dahl
Author and wine lover Roald Dahl bought 1,000 cases of 1982 Bordeaux....
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John Shafer – Decanter interview
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American and French oak: Pulling Up Trees
The dominance of French and American oak at the world's wineries is under threat from Eastern European sources. GUY WOODWARD sizes up the new contenders
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South Africa Fights Back
Despite global acclaim, consumers’ opinion of South African wine is still poor. GUY WOODWARD looks at how the country is fighting back
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Bordeaux 2009: An ‘exciting’ vintage, but disagreements over quality
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Video: Peter Gago of Penfolds
Peter Gago, chief winemaker of Australian producer Penfolds, was in London to celebrate the 50th commercial release of the winery’s St Henri Shiraz, as well as showing two new wines.
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Video: Francois Lurton
Francois Lurton of Domaines Francois Lurton talks to Guy Woodward about the challenges of making wine in different countries
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Gerard Depardieu – Interview
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My Passion for Wine; Frank Cohen
guy woodward meets the Mancunian former market trader whose love of a deal extends to wine as well as his art collection
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Penfolds identifies ‘mystery’ wine at clinic
Penfolds has just identified an ‘unknown’ wine that was brought to its recent re-corking clinic in London.
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Christmas with the Spurriers
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Bordeaux sexes itself up
Bordeaux, the bastion of old-fashioned wine aristocracy, is getting sexy.
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Decanter: new star in the East
Decanter is to launch into the Far East, becoming the first western wine magazine to publish a dedicated Chinese language edition.
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Blanc lambasts ‘ignorant’ critics of France
French chef Raymond Blanc has launched an impassioned defence of French wine and accused its detractors of being ‘ignorant’ and ‘unfair’.
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Bordeaux top growths disown generic clarets
The Bordeaux crisis is nothing to do with the classed growths, according to a panel of leading Bordelais.
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Goolden lives up to ladette billing as audience squirms
A couple of racy anecdotes from one of wine’s leading ladies left an august group of wine professionals squirming in their seats last night.
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Film review: A Good Year
They say never to work with children or animals. To which we can now add another subset. Friends.
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Mouton owner passionately defends prices
Baroness Philippine de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild last night launched an impassioned defence of the high prices increasingly being demanded by Bordeaux's classed growths.
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Bordeaux 2007: the early verdict
Bordeaux producers are struggling to generate excitement over the 2007 vintage, with visiting press and trade wary of both the quality of the wines and the likely prices.
