Teetotal Trump and the return of abstemiousness
To turn our backs on the gentle, humane ritual of drinking and sharing wine is to impoverish life.
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Why do so few wine-makers speak of love?
Romance is as important an ingredient as terroir.
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Red wine is less about colour and more about texture
And the great ones can be as moving as music.
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There is no hierarchy to good wine
It is difference, not excellence, that is the most enjoyable aspect of the grape.
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In Georgia, politics and wine collide again
The future of the wine world’s matriarch is under threat.
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The best rosés are all subtlety
Beware flamboyant colour: it will disappoint.
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The volcanic earth of Santorini produces wine like no other
A profusion of minerals makes for an electrically dry profile.
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The great wine climate-change challenge
As the planet warms this century, so wine-production regions and qualities will evolve with it.
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In praise of Languedoc
It isn’t a lauded wine region – but it is one of France’s best.
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In wine’s culture war, we’ve all been winners
The natural movement took on the rule-choked wine establishment, and has changed drinks culture for the better.
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