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The Long Game Of The Champagne Cork
When I was eight years old, I foraged dinner parties collecting wine stoppers.Tiny totems of adulthood, along with Carr’s water crackers, crudités and ambient R&B, my collection was vast in quantity and quality. I loved discoloration, malformation and pungent scents, but most of all, I loved those mushroom-head champagne corks.
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Beaune: paradise for Burgundy wine lovers
The enigmatic and elegant town of Beaune in the eastern France department of Côte d’Or is often described as the wine capital of Burgundy. A small, historic town, it is brimming over with many of the most renowned Burgundian producers – Patriarche Père et Fils, Maison Louis Jadot, Bouchard, Maison Joseph Drouhin, to name but a few.
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Ksara’s balance and consistency amidst Lebanon’s chaos
Winemakers are used to dealing with major climate issues and, more recently, problems with supply chains. For Lebanese producers such as Chateau Ksara, life is a whole different ball game. Making wine in the Bekaa Valley, a stronghold of the pro-Iranian Hizbollah, coping with frequent power cuts from a bankrupt utility group and inflation
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Why no fame for the wines of Spain?
A few months ago, a wine educator in Texas wrote to me asking who is “influential” in Spanish wine along the lines of writers and educators.
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Yet Artificial, Wine Review From Old Friends
What if I asked the Chat GPT to pretend it is Donald Trump and to review a made up wine?
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What are the pros and cons of rain during the life of a vine?
Growers and winemakers weigh in on the effect of excessive rain during key stages of a vine’s development.
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World’s oldest person who enjoyed a glass of wine every day dies at 118
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Italian Mountain Wines, Friendship and a Good Night’s Sleep
Why most of you came here was to find out about Italian wine. And, over the years, I’ve written a lot about that. I’m not stopping, wine is just a part of everyday life these days. But good wine, and the occasional great wine, make all the difference in the world.
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Army of pest-munching ducks keep South African vineyard blooming
STELLENBOSCH, South Africa, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Flocks of white, black and brown ducks hunt for snails and bugs as they patrol the grapevines at a vineyard in South Africa's winemaking town of Stellenbosch, helping the owners steer clear of pesticides and synthetic fertilisers.
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Serbian Oak barrels. Too good to be true?
BARRIQUE SA is introducing the highest quality Serbian Oak barrels to the SA market at very competitive prices. The high quality and durability of our barrels make them a wise investment for any winery.
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Syrah or Shiraz? A Tell-All About the Popular Grape
As the fourth most planted red grape in the world and the third most planted red grape variety in France, Syrah or Shiraz (depending on location, style, and type) possesses vibrant dark skin with an excellent full-bodied roughness. While its origins remain open to interpretation, several different theories exist. Though Syrah dates back to 13
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Pasteur, Pet Nat and Vin Jaune in the Jura
On Louis Pasteur's 200th birthday, Nina Caplan takes the opportunity to reflect on a trip to the region from which he hailed, the Jura - the darling of the natural wine world and home of the 'gorgeous' Vin Jaune
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Rhône Valley Producers Respond To Consumer Demand For White Wines
The vineyards of the Rhône Valley represent the second-largest wine appellation in France, according to Inter Rhône, a professional organization representing the region’s wine growers and wine merchants.
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The first leaves appear on vines in France, before the end of pruning!
It surely cannot be common to see leaves on Grenache vines in the middle of winter. On 9 January, a winegrower in the southern part of Gard in the South of France posted the first – of many? – photos illustrating how early the season is.
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Plain talk on the increasing mystique and value of old vines
Seemingly everyone in the wine world—wine lovers, self-appointed experts and writers, sommeliers, and media “influencers” and the like—is now into “old vines.”
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Announcing the Newest Member of Our Reviewer Team: Yohan Castaing
We are happy to announce that we are expanding the Robert Parker Wine Advocate wine reviewer team with the addition of Yohan Castaing. At a time when other major publications are scaling back, Castaing will bring additional depth and breadth to our coverage of a number of important French wine regions.
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Thieves steal hundreds of fine wines in Austria and Norway
Top Bordeaux and California wines were among several hundred bottles recently stolen from Kracher Fine Wine in Austria, while thieves also took bottles from Norwegian restaurant Park 29 in a separate incident in the final weeks of 2022, the two businesses have confirmed.
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More than 40,000 bottles of fake Lafite and Penfolds uncovered in China police raid
Authorities in the Chinese province of Fujian have announced one of the biggest wine fraud busts in the region’s history, after more than 40,000 bottles of fake Lafite and Penfolds wines were discovered in a police raid.
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Exclusive: Michael Karam’s 2023 Lebanon report
In a Harpers exclusive, Lebanese authority Michael Karam has released his 2023 Lebanon report, available to read for free on the Harpers website.
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TOP 100 WINES OF CHINA 2022
After tasting more than 300 wines from China in 2022, we have no doubt about the country’s ability to deliver great wines. Fourteen of the wines we tasted received a rating of 95 points or above – twice the number as in 2021. These included a couple great, single-village bottles from Xiaoling Estate that couldn’t be included on our Top 100 list because of their limi
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Sauvignon Styles
Sauvignon Blanc is an important variety, widely planted in every major wine region, with the possible exception of Germany. Chardonnay may be the most ubiquitous premium white wine grape in the world, but Sauvignon Blanc is a close second.
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Allen R. Balik, The Wine Exchange: What’s becoming of white wine?
There’s no doubt that the world of white wine has been changing over the last decade or so. New varieties, often from lesser known growing areas, are blossoming in the market and consumers are enjoying the ever expanding choices, stylistic offerings and ability explore beyond the well-known staples.
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Is wine good for your skin?
Skincare fanatics, raise your glasses. New developments in the cosmetics industry indicate red wine could be good for your skin, as both an active ingredient and a drink.
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Waar te koop? Eind vorig jaar de "Perle de rosé" gedronken. Ik was behoorlijk onder de indruk. De fles was door een wijn vriendje, tijdens een bliksembezoek in september, in Frankrijk op het chateau gekocht.
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Mike Turner on why Provence rosé is gift that keeps on giving
Provence continues to be a go-to region for wine drinkers across the globe searching out premium rosé. Rosé dominates wine production in the southern French region, with around 90% of the wine produced as the iconic salmon-pink wine. But what is it about Provence rosé that seems to have captured, and continues to capture, the hearts
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The World's Oldest Bottle Of Wine Might Actually Be Safe To Drink
You’re not a true vintage connoisseur until you’ve tried a 1,700-year-aged grape.
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A Brief History of Champagne Classifications and Pricing
There are currently 17 grands crus and 42 premiers crus in Champagne, and negociants work directly with growers to set prices in a completely free market. But the number of grands and premiers crus, the connotations of these terms, and the guidelines and mechanisms for pricing have changed throughout Champagne’s history. A grasp of this
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Five Reasons Wine in Italy is Cheaper
The low price of wine in Italy was one observation I made while spending the winter holidays on the peninsula. This was most apparent at the local grocery stores. The price for a decent bottle of wine ranged from just a few dollars to approximately twenty dollars at the higher end. This is very different from my visits to the grocery store in California, w
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Can corks make wine more astringent?
Wine closures is a boring topic. However, I must admit that the heading “Do Agglomerate Corks Make Wines Astringent”, published in Meininger’s Wine Business International, aroused my interest.
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These ancient grapes may be the future of wine
Extreme heat and extreme drought in Baja California are pushing some winemakers to explore a very old—and very climate-adaptable—varietal. The results are delicious.
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