Opinion
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Walls: The next step for Jaboulet’s Hermitage La Chapelle
A new chapter for Hermitage La Chapelle...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Rhône 2022 en primeur: Full vintage report and top-scoring wines
It's worth doing your research before buying from this surprising vintage...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Elaine Chukan Brown: ‘For an emerging region, success with a grape like Chardonnay proves tricky’
Winemaking in Virginia...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Places and origins build the architecture of scent, shape and flavour in a wine’
Place and origins are critical in wines...
By Andrew Jefford Published
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Matt Walls: M Chapoutier Chante-Alouette vertical tasting
14 vintages of Chapoutier's majestic white Hermitage...
By Matt Walls Published
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Joe Warwick: ‘Come Christmas, there’s a painfully challenging spike in the tired and emotional drinker’
Joe Warwick on coping with the ‘festive fatigue’...
By Joe Warwick Published
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Crozes-Hermitage 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
While reds can be varied, whites are a solid choice...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Hermitage 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
More majestic than elegant this year...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Northern Rhône 2022: Full report and top-scoring wines
A stark contrast to 2021, and all the better for it...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Cornas & St-Péray 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
Know your producers...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The wine was so refined and choice that I swallowed, greedily’
Adventures in Canada’s Prince Edward County, Pinot and beyond...
By Andrew Jefford Published
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Côte-Rôtie & Condrieu 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
It could take a while for the Côte-Rôties to come round...
By Matt Walls Published
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St-Joseph 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
An excellent vintage for reds and whites...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Lirac & Tavel 2022: report and top-scoring wines
Find good value wines in these two appellations...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Rasteau, Cairanne & Vinsobres 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
Don't overlook Rasteau this year...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Gigondas, Vacqueyras & Beaumes de Venise 2022: Report and top-scoring wines
Overall freshness and balance to be found...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Southern Rhône 2022: Full report and top-scoring wines
A vintage for reds...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Serving Thanksgiving wine: Expert tips
Make the most of any bottles you plan to open this Thanksgiving...
By Chris Mercer Published
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Elaine Chukan Brown: ‘While I’ve had sake and mead worth talking about, I wouldn’t call either fine wine’
A mead which breaks ‘multiple rules’...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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Revisiting Languedoc’s Château d’Aussières
Languedoc's Château d'Aussières joins La Place de Bordeaux...
By Andrew Jefford Last updated
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Walls: Best Rhône wine lists in the UK
Where to get your Rhône fix in the UK...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Hugh Johnson: ‘At what level you start getting your claret kick is a personal thing’
Hugh Johnson on the appreciation of claret...
By Hugh Johnson Last updated
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Tim Atkin MW: ‘Rías Baixas’ reds are some of the most exciting in Spain right now’
Extolling the virtues of red wines from Rías Baixas...
By Tim Atkin MW Published
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Dirk’s an imaginer, an experimenter, a disruptor’
In tribute to Dirk Niepoort...
By Andrew Jefford Published
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Rhône 2022 en primeur diary: The north
A week in the life of a Rhône correspondent during en primeur...
By Matt Walls Published
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Frescobaldi’s Gorgona: A day on the prison island
Where prisoners make wine...
By Vicki Denig Last updated
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Walls: 26 value Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines to try
Châteauneuf on a budget... if you know where to look...
By Matt Walls Last updated
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Olly Smith: ‘The surging feeling of energy across the Greek wine scene is so potent right now’
Olly Smith's 10 commandments of Greek wine...
By Olly Smith Published
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Is there any duty on fine-wine producers to “be accessible” in some way?’
Does exclusivity mean exclusion?
By Andrew Jefford Last updated
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Burgundy 2019 en primeur: Full report plus top-scoring wines
The vintage takes its place alongside other exceptional recent years in Burgundy.
By Charles Curtis MW Last updated
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Elaine Chukan Brown: ‘In conventional terms, Arizona seems an unlikely place for vines’
Raising vines in Arizona...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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Walls: Rasteau 2020 in bottle
Not familiar with Rasteau? This is the vintage to start with...
By Matt Walls Last updated