Typicity in wine: A dedicated follower of fashion
Do grape varieties have intrinsic characters that come through time and place, asks Benjamin Lewin MW. Or does typicity simply…
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Pignolo: Back from oblivion to make its mark
Simon J Woolf on the long history, recent revival, and stylistic variations of the once-endangered, intensely tannic Friulian red grape…
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Georgian grape varieties: In an ancient league of their own
Georgian wine is best known for the qvevri clay pots used by some of its most celebrated producers. But the…
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Hybrid vines: In from the cold
Hybrid vines have a checkered past, respected for their cold-hardiness and disease resistance, but suspected of being less natural and…
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Ciliegiolo: Going solo
Nicolas Belfrage MW extolls the virtues of Ciliegiolo and admires the skill of those who work with the still-underused Italian…
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The miracle of Montefalco: Sagrantino
A grape variety dating back more than 2,000 years, and capable of producing wines of awesome power, Sagrantino was on…
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Italian grape varieties: Catarratto becomes Lucido
As the Sicilian wine authorities approve an official change in name for the island’s most widely planted white grape variety…
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Tannat: Home away from home
From Tannat’s contested South American debut, back to its origins in southwest France, and forward to its latest outposts in…
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