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  • A collector like no other

    Rino Fontana on his journey into wine, Nebbiolo obsession and extraordinary collection

  • Kicking the dirt with Mike Ratcliffe

    Talking to the owner and co-founder of South Africa’s Vilafonté

  • Championing Chile: Eduardo Chadwick

    How one dogged, determined man has transformed Chile’s wine scene

  • Piecing together the puzzle at Castello di Ama

    A trip to this cult Chianti Classico estate to explore its vineyards

  • Working to the beat

    Uncovering the art of barrel-making with the master cooper at Smith-Haut-Lafitte

  • Made in Solomeo: the stamp of dignity

    Exploring Brunello Cuccinelli’s Umbrian wine project and the philosophy behind it

  • Bordeaux 2023: the vintage by commune

    A run-down of the year by commune, with recommendations from each

  • Bordeaux 2023: vintage overview

    Diving into the vintage, the conditions that defined it and the extraordinary wines produced

  • The call of the vine

    The life of a vocational vigneron at Ch. Lafite Rothschild

  • Bordeaux 2023: critics' round-up

    A crib-sheet to what the leading critics are saying about the latest vintage to be released en primeur

  • What is en primeur?

    Exploring the origins and history of wine futures

  • A lasting dream

    How Tim Mondavi is building a new famly legacy at Continuum

  • Gilding the future: Ch. d'Yquem

    Talking to the team that puts the finishing touch on every bottle of liquid gold

  • The Maule mission: Baettig

    Discovering the old vines inspiring Baettig’s new Cabernet Sauvignon project

  • Taking the reins at Ch. Pontet-Canet

    How horses have helped transform this Bordeaux estate

  • Hammer time: Allan Frischman

    Introducing the latest member of the FINE+RARE team

  • Brunello di Montalcino 2019: what the critics are saying

    A run-down of the Wine Advocate, Vinous, Kerin O’Keefe’s reports on the vintage – and their top-scoring wines

  • The big smoke: peat and whisky

    How whisky distillers are using peat today with Bruichladdich, House of Hazelwood and Mackmyra

  • Burgundy 2022: the critics' verdict

    Your crib-sheet to what the top tasters are saying about the vintage

  • Telmo Rodríguez: the eternal battle

    The charismatic winemaker’s fight for Spanish wine

  • Burgundy 2022: the critics' verdict

    What the world’s most discerning tasters are saying about the year

  • Burgundy 2022: by producer

    Breaking the vintage down by individual domaine

  • Burgundy 2022: vintage overview

    A deep dive into how vignerons handled the year

  • Everything you really need to know about Burgundy

    Your one-stop guide to the mecca for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

  • The allure of the Langhe

    The endless complexity that makes Barolo and Barbaresco so enchanting

  • Student and master – Jean-Marie Fourrier

    How and why the Burgundian vigneron refuses to stop learning

  • An icon in the making – Porseleinberg

    Talking to and tasting with winemaker Callie Louw

  • First thoughts on Burgundy 2022

    Thirty-six hours in Burgundy and my first taste of the 2022 vintage

  • The other Pernot: Puligny-Montrachet’s Alvina Pernot

    Exploring the evolution of this fledgeling wine estate over five vintages

  • A waiting game: Champagne Charles Heidsieck

    Meeting the House’s new Chef de Cave, Elise Losfelt

  • Anything but ordinary: Clos Manou

    Stéphane Dief on his modest yet mighty Médoc estate

  • Disrupt and disturb: the legacy of Bordeaux’s garagistes

    ith Jean-Luc Thunevin, Jonathan Maltus and Stephan von Niepperg

  • The bar that sparked a revolution: Sager + Wilde

    Michael Sager looks back at a decade on Hackney Road and London’s wine scene today

  • Divine intervention: Ad Vivum

    How Chris Phelps went from aspiring medic to star winemaker

  • Facing up to the New French Wine: Jon Bonné

    Talking to the writer about his latest book – and the revolution that inspired it

  • The archangel of Anjou

    Ivan Massonat has big plans for Domaine Belargus and the region

  • Montlandrie & Eglise-Clinet

    Tasting with Noëmie Durantou Reilhac

  • In pursuit of Sonoma's true identity: Kistler & Occidental

    Exploring the two estates created by Steve Kistler

  • Fashion victim: Sauvignon Blanc

    Investigating this divisive grape’s popularity predicament

  • Meeting the new team at Ch. Lafon-Rochet

    What a changing of the guard means for this Fourth Growth Saint-Estephe estate

  • Copper craft: the art of the still

    Cult coppersmiths Forsyths on how stills define a distillery’s style

  • Napa 2020: digging into the year

    Exploring a challenging vintage that nevertheless produced some stunning wines

  • Napa 2019: plush and polished

    A run-down of a classical Californian vintage, perfect for polished Cabernet

  • Bordeaux: the Left Bank versus the Right

    Breaking down the differences between the wines and estates of Bordeaux’s two banks

  • All change: evolution at Evangile

    Talking to Juliette Couderc, the impressive vigneron at the helm of this Pomerol estate

  • Bordeaux 2022: the vintage by commune

    A report on how each of the key subregions fared in the vintage

  • California's sparkling wine revival

    Exploring the sparkling side of California’s wine scene for Club Oenologique

  • Bordeaux 2022: vintage overview

    A deep-dive into the detail that defines the year

  • Bordeaux 2022: what the critics are saying

    A round-up of what the world’s leading critics are saying about Bordeaux 2022

  • Guide to Bordeaux's other classifications

    Covering the Graves, Cru Bourgeois and Cru Artisan classifications

  • The way the wind blows

    Talking to Paul Hobbs, Steve Matthiasson, Cate Kistler, Cory Empting and more about the threat of wildfires

  • From the ground up: the creed at Lafleur

    I sat down with Omri Ram to delve into the Guinaudeau family’s projects, shining a light on the latest addition to their range, Les Perrières

  • Guide to Bordeaux's 1855 Classification

    An introduction to the historic classification of the Left Bank, as well as its lesser-known bedfellows

  • Guide to the Saint-Emilion classification

    A breakdown of the Right Bank appellation’s controversial classification, covering how it works and how it’s different to the region’s Grands Crus

  • Legend and legacy in Napa: the Harlan family and Promontory

    Exploring Promontory, an extraordinary project and place, with Will Harlan and Cory Empting

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