Château Magnol and the Cockleshell Heroes
Jane Anson tells a remarkable story of bravery in Bordeaux during World War II.
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Wine in Pepys: Ho Bryan and beyond
The famous diaries of Samuel Pepys offer a treasure trove of information about the place of wine in the lives…
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Wine in history: Saguntum—An Ancient Roman DOC?
Archaeological discoveries in eastern Spain have cast new light on one of Ancient Rome’s most important wine regions.
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Missing link to the first fizz
Tom Stevenson goes back to the source of the earliest sparkling wine.
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Wine in history: The world’s oldest wine
A wine from southern Spain has been confirmed as the world's oldest surviving wine.
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Drink more wine!
The surprising story of France's unusual pro-wine campaign of the early 1930s.
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Wine in history: Freudian sips
Stuart Walton is troubled by a curious analogy between inebriation and erotic pleasure in a 1912 essay by Sigmund Freud.
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Wine in history: Songs of wine and wine of songs
“The happiness that wine creates emerges most joyously of all in drink-fuelled singing.”
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