Brunello: Image or substance, truth or dare?
By law, Brunello di Montalcino can be made only with 100 percent Sangiovese cultivated in Montalcino. Otherwise, it’s not Brunello.…
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A new scientific approach to the question of how best to serve Champagne
The oft-asked question of how best to serve Champagne is especially pertinent at this time of year, when many of…
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Penfolds top reds 1952–2006
by Neil Beckett Every five years, Australia’s most famous wine company holds an extraordinary series of tastings at which a…
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The World’s Greatest Wines
Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve,The World’s Greatest WinesPublished by Stewart, Tabori & Chang UK £24.95, USA $45 Reviewed by Tim…
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La Paulée de San Francisco
Over the years, I have been fortunate to attend La Paulée (the American version) on a number of occasions. It…
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Fraud accusations provide a rude awakening for fine-wine lovers
Only 608 bottles of Romanée- Conti were made in 1945. Six decades later, Rudy Kurniawan claimed to own 12 of…
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Haut-Brion and La Mission 1961-2005
It is often said these days that Bordeaux has become a soulless place, dominated by corporateowned châteaux that seem to…
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World Wine Symposium 2009
by Neil Beckett All too often, like the grand cru Burgundies of inglorious négociants in unpropitious times, the muchheralded international…
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