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From the archive: When should you decant wine? An expert taste test
An in-depth report from our archive...
Jefford on Monday: The fullness of wine
Just don't mention 'natural wine'...
Top-value red Burgundy: hidden gems in the Côte de Nuits
The announcement of the sale of world-famous grand cru Clos de Tart in October 2017 confirmed the dizzying values to which top Burgundian terroirs can now aspire. The 7.53ha vineyard…
Jefford on Monday: Redressing the balance
Our columnist reviews a new book on vineyard soils and geology...
Champagne Grower-producers: the beginning of the end?
Will grower producers survive....?
Getting better with age: Old-vine Chenin Blanc in South Africa
Why efforts to preserve older vines are paying off...
Pessac-Léognan: Then and now – the story of an appellation
How Pessac-Léognan made a name for itself...
Sauternes second wines: Why they’re worth a look
The first thing I was offered at La Chapelle, the recently opened restaurant at Château Guiraud in Sauternes, was a tasting glass of the estate’s second wine, Petit Guiraud. It…
Understanding the Left Bank: A comprehensive guide
As the terms Left and Right Bank clearly imply, what we think of as Bordeaux is in reality two different regions separated by the broad Gironde River. It’s not just…
Bordeaux wine styles: 40 years of change
Long before I started writing about Bordeaux wines, I was buying and drinking them, seeking out bottles from less fashionable vintages, such as 1979, that I could afford. By the…
Anything but oak: Is Italy’s love affair with ‘barriques’ turning sour?
In-depth report and wines to try...
Jefford on Monday: Delta wine
Exploring the wines of Costières de Nîmes...
Jefford On Monday: Georgia – the tasting challenge
The latest Georgia has to offer...
Anson: Inside Bordeaux’s craft whisky distillery
Eighteen months. That’s how long it took to hew 20 six-tonne blocks of concrete out of the side of the bunker, simply to make one door that is something like…
Jefford on Monday: Georgia – finding its path
It’s been an eventful five years. My first visit to Georgia, in April 2013, came at a tense but exciting time for the nation’s wine producers. Russia’s 2006 ban on…
Anson: Vincent Dupuch – Bordeaux Right Bank’s quiet magician
Meet the unassuming consultant based in Fronsac...
Jefford on Monday: Schist versus Limestone
Battle of the terroirs...
The three Léovilles of Bordeaux: Full profiles and ratings
Three legendary estates and their wines...
Jefford on Monday: “Wind, stone …”
Making wine in Empordà...
Jefford on Monday: Lifting the veil
Comparing the wines of Jura, Jerez and Tokaji...
Anson: Promontory and Harlan’s ‘200 year plan’
Napa wine set for Place de Bordeaux debut...
Jefford on Monday: Downhill all the way
Celebrating the Jacquère-based wines of Savoie...
Comment: ‘2017 must be one of the most disaster-strewn years since phylloxera’
What horrors await for 2018?...
Jefford: Tasting the Virtuosi
Looking at St Chinian’s statistical stars...
Anson: New Bordeaux wine bar with a difference
Bernard Magrez had his just a few minutes walk away from Paris’ Opéra in the 2ième arrondissement, although I just learnt that it closed in September 2017, with ‘no current…
Jefford on Monday: Grapevine trunk disease – the ‘next phylloxera’
Is this the biggest threat to the world's vineyards?...
Priorat in-depth and great reds to try – Andrew Jefford
How Priorat started making some of Spain's best reds...
Anson: Bordeaux counts cost of frost for 2017 vintage
Bordeaux's frostbite injury list...