Wine in history: Drinking with Cleopatra
We know that Cleopatra was a woman of “capacious and unabashed appetites,” says Stuart Walton. But which wines were fit…
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The complex case of Argentina’s Malbec price rises
The price of Malbec is rising fast, with rampant inflation only one part of a complex, multi-stranded story that has…
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Ecstasy at the harvest festival: Wine in history
Forget sanitized modern versions, a true harvest festival is a wild and unbridled celebration of the culmination of the agricultural…
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An interview with Andrew Jefford part two: Discovery and astonishment
In part two of a candid and wide-ranging interview to mark the publication of his superb new book Drinking with…
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Acaibo 2016: A true Bordelais passion for Sonoma
Stephen Brook on Acaibo, a promising release from Gonzague Lurton and Claire Villars-Lurton’s young project in Sonoma’s Chalk Hill AVA.…
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The origin myths of wine
Wine was a gift of the gods in most antique Mediterranean civilizations, says Stuart Walton. And for those of us…
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Picasso: Wine and art at La Cité du Vin
The latest temporary exhibition at Bordeaux’s La Cité du Vin traces the importance of wine and other drinks in the…
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Book review: Wine and the White House by Frederick J Ryan, Jr
Kathleen Burk reviews Wine and the White House: A History by Frederick J Ryan, Jr. The long-ago origin of this…
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