In praise of alcohol
To write a paean in praise of alcohol in relation to wine might seem both wrong-headed and ill-timed. Even before…
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Hélène Darroze at The Connaught: Fine wine dinners come to Mayfair
Some of Europe’s finest wine estates are the focus of a series of very special wine dinners at Hélène Darroze…
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There’s ripeness … and then there’s ripeness
Inspired by a recent trip to California, Benjamin Lewin MW explores the ways in which winemakers assess ripeness, and the…
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Tim James explores the pleasing profusion of materials and shapes in modern winemaking receptacles and vessels, from wooden barrels and…
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Vine Hill Ranch: Growing up on the Mayacamas
After years providing fruit for some of the Napa Valley’s best producers from their Vine Hill Ranch vineyard, Bruce Phillips…
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The World’s Best Wine Lists Awards 2022: Open for entries
The World’s Best Wine Lists Awards, the global awards program created by The World of Fine Wine in 2014, has…
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Wine in history: Tales of adulteration and fraud
From the inventive witches’ brews of 18th-century fortified wine shippers, to the elaborate homespun fakes of Rudy Kurniawan, Stuart Walton…
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From Central Otago: Two poems by Judy O’Kane
Tasting Notes: Central Otago Schistshimmering,Central Otago, midsummer,our glasses swirling,straw-lined spittoon at our feet as the siphondips down into the barrelthen…
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