2023 Vintage Port: The fruits of a “welcomingly wet” year
A roundup of releases from a year of "temperate" conditions in the Douro.
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Anticipating by 20 centuries the nostrums of today’s healthy-living gurus
A spirited collection of gastronomic writing from Greek and Roman antiquity.
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Women hold up the Chinese sky
There is no shortage of creativity and imagination in China's ever-evolving wine scene.
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La Paulée de Mauritius: Tropical “la la” land
An embarrassment of vinous riches was on the table at a series of exquisite wine dinners at the five-star Prince…
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A rallying call to end the crisis
Can French wine solve its manifold problems before its too late?
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Enough Port to float a Cunard liner: Charles Dickens and wine
Stuart Walton on the roles played by wine in the life and work of the great Victorian novelist.
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1924–1950 Vintage Ports from Raby Castle
Magnificent wines of perfect provenance.
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Challenging the WHO “no safe level” dogma
A tale of weak associations and methodological issues.
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A century of Mercurey: The noble trade of immediate appeal
As it celebrates its first 100 years as an AOC, the Côte Chalonnaise village finds itself in a good place,…
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At the table: Polvo à lagareiro
Joanna Simon finds the best wines to pair with the traditional Portuguese dish of octopus with potatoes and olive oil.
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