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A Tasting Trip to the Rhône Valley – Vintage 2008

Last week, I headed off to the Rhône Valley, Languedoc and Provence, starting in Côte Rôtie and descending upon the beautiful and unusual Hérault Valley

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More news on the 2009 vintage

Our upbeat report on the 2009 vintage in Burgundy and Bordeaux a couple of weeks ago, was reiterated by Jancis Robinson in Saturday’s Financial Times.

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New Masters of Wine

I do not know of a club that is harder to get into than the Institute of Masters of Wine (except perhaps Whites if you are female). For once

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New wine for pensioners

California vintners in the Napa Valley area, which primarily produce Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a new hybrid grape

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2009: Another 2005?

Vignerons across much of France are declaring that 2009 looks to be an incredible vintage as long as the good weather continues. Here is what Bordeaux and Burgundy

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