Restaurants and bars can reopen in the UK from 4 July...

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Nick Martin of Wine Owners, who has been providing such valuable analyses of each new Bordeaux 2019 release on our Members' forum, has this to say about the campaign overall. We wish him some R&R now, communing with his beloved bike, seen here in the Yorkshire Dales. See this guide to our extensive coverage of the vintage. Who knew? Back in

A comparison of current releases from six of the most admired single-estate producers in Champagne with two similarly styled wines from houses, plus a range of Ulysse Collin wines. Corks from the grower champagnes pictured above, together with a champagne star to ease obdurate corks out of bottle necks and a champagne stopper. Our fellow Master

The vineyards of Château Canon.

The Bordeaux 2019 en primeur campaign is gaining momentum...

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An annual sustainability prize of €100,000 for family companies in any business sector...

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Cos d'Estournel

An appellation that performed better overall than in 2018 with plenty of fresh and balanced wines...

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Plan the perfect picnic with our choice of wines to take with you...

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Tam visits and tastes a wide range of wines from Hungary's most famous wine region and finds some gems – both people and wine. Stand in any of the cru vineyards of Tokaj and you’ll be standing at the foothills of the Zemplén Mountains on an old volcano – one of the 400 that make up a wine region revered for nearly 400 years for its golden sweet

Engaged Purple Pager Jonathan Reeve, author of How to abstain (and author of a useful guide to wine tourism which awaits a time when such a thing is possible), points out that what he wants from JancisRobinson.com at this time of travel restrictions is escapism. We therefore offer the first in an occasional series of photo-portraits of a wine

Argentina offers fantastic Malbecs across all price ranges...

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Many impressive red and white wines to recommend says Jane Anson...

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In my article on The many hues of wine talent on Saturday, I promised to devote a more detailed article to the delicate question of race within South Africa’s wine industry. See also my follow-up in South Africa - fewer halos? South Africa of course has had further to travel than most countries in any attempt at racial equality because it

The perfect way to assess a grand cru. Many thanks to wine photographer Jon Wyand for this image, too. Meals at which nothing but grand cru burgundy is served are, alas, becoming rarer and rarer as burgundy prices have escalated so fast. But the Notting Hill Grand Wine Club was kind enough to invite Nick and me to their Clos de la Roche dinner

Romané and Gérard Basset at the World's Best Sommelier competition in Chile, 2010

Romané Basset shares memories of his father Gérard

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En primeur samples showed concentration and balance....

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Semillon Gris vines at Swerwer Vineyards

This red mutation of the green Semillon Blanc grape seems unique to the Cape's hot climate and ancient vineyards....

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Sarah Jane Evans MW meets the charismatic master of Xinomavro...

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With tongue half in cheek, Nick suggests how the UK hospitality industry might effect a change in government policy. Richard Caring’s blistering attack on Boris Johnson in the Mail on Sunday last Sunday 14 June made for fascinating reading. And not just for the typos. Caring is the owner of a host of high-profile restaurants and clubs in London