Joseph Phelps Insignia at 50: Core asset
New owner LVMH is making changes at the Napa estate as it enters its second half-century.
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Margaret Rand
Margaret Rand is an award-winning wine writer who contributes to The World of Fine Wine, winesearcher.com, and Gourmet Traveller Wine and is general editor of Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book.
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Pascal Chatonnet: Eminence grise par excellence
Margaret Rand meets the Bordelais consultant winemaker whose work as a scientist transformed our understanding of wine faults.
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Fred Peterson: Stories of fire and wine
Margaret Rand meets a modest but talented Californian vintner.
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Gutter & Stars: Looking up
Margaret Rand visits journalist-turned-winemaker Chris Wilson, who is making fine English still wines from a tiny cellar in a…
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Herbert hall: Balance and focus
Behind the scenes at a “genuinely artisan” operation in the garden of England.
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Ruinart Dégorgement Tardif: Only in the pavilion
Margaret Rand visits the revamped 4 rue des Crayères in Reims, where she tastes the new range of recently…
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Gérard Bertrand: Tales from the Temple
Margaret Rand meets the Southern French wine impresario.
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Susana Balbo: Life with a guardian angel
Margaret Rand meets one of the most significant figures in the recent history of Argentinian wine.
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Digby Fine English: A blend of ideas
Margaret Rand meets the couple behind a fast-evolving Arundel-based sparkling wine producer.
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