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              Wine

              • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                Is the demonisation of alcohol justified?

                New WHO guidelines suggest there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Jancis Robinson isn’t so sure

              • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
                HTSI
                A first taste of Taittinger’s British bubbly

                The esteemed champagne house has unveiled its Kent-made Domaine Evremond Classic 

                Domaine Evremond’s vineyards in Chilham, Kent
              • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                The rewards of patience: good wine and complicated vintages

                On a risky attempt to prove that Italian wines can age too

              • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
                News in-depthUK Autumn Budget 2024
                English winemakers hope for Budget break as excise duty leaves bitter taste

                Fast-growing sector struggles with low returns, an increasingly volatile climate and intense competition

                Pinot noir grapes on the vine
              • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
                Special ReportInvesting in Argentina
                Salta: the new high-altitude wine frontier

                Winemakers say the extreme elevation gives more ‘intense aromas and concentrated flavours’

                A vineyard with mountains in the background
              • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
                FT Globetrotter
                Franciacorta uncorked: discovering Italy’s answer to Champagne

                This lush, lesser-known wine destination makes for a sparkling weekend trip from Milan

                leading to a historic stone building in a Franciacorta vineyard
              • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
                HTSI
                Travels with the ‘world’s best sommelier’

                Who better to guide you around the vineyards of France and Italy?

                A grape harvest at the Veuve Clicquot wineries
              • Saturday, 19 October, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                New experiments in grape growing

                Breeders have crossed and hybridised vines for centuries but they’re facing different challenges now

              • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
                HTSI
                Can champagne reign in the eco campaign?

                Meet the people trying to make the world’s most luxury drink more sustainable

                Leonardo DiCaprio with Telmont president Ludovic du Plessis
              • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                Can the French make good wine in California?

                More and more producers are buying up west coast properties 

              • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                India is getting serious about wine. What will that mean?

                The latest hobby enjoyed by affluent Indians might give producers reason to be cheerful

              • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
                HTSI
                In praise of the short wine list

                Overwhelmed by the biblical proportions of fine-dining wine menus? Seek out the sommelier’s cut

                A selection of dishes and wine at Café François
              • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                How the tiny village of Douzens became an organic wine hotspot

                Why did four organic producers emerge from the same Corbières village of 800 people?

              • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
                Worth it?Martyn James
                Are wine clubs worth it?

                If you don’t have the time to attend the best tasting events, a wine club may be for you. But what do you get for your money?

              • Friday, 27 September, 2024
                HTSI
                How to spend it… in October

                15 brilliant things to do, buy and eat this month, as recommended by HTSI writers

                Bob Colacello, Buckingham Palace, London, 2001, by Jonathan Becker
              • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                When did we stop drinking at working lunches?

                Even sandwich meetings used to come with wine — then the Americans arrived

              • Monday, 16 September, 2024
                Prime property
                Buying a house with a vineyard

                Fancy your own vintage? Wine-making is not as inaccessible as it might seem, but be prepared to do your research

              • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                A visit to Bhutan to taste wine from the country’s first vineyards

                Can a country with no history of wine become a great grape-growing nation?

                An illustration depicting traditional Bhutanese houses on a mountain peak, all inside a large wine glass, against a pale yellow background
              • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                How (and why) to store your wine properly

                From DIY home solutions to tax-efficient bonded warehouses

              • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
                HTSI
                Etna’s wine scene is erupting...

                Sonia Spadaro Mulone is spearheading a winemaking revolution on the mountain’s volcanic slopes

                A view of Mount Etna from the Casa Decima vineyard in Contrada Nave, Sicily, with Spadaro Mulone in profile
              • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                Is central and eastern Europe the next big thing in wine?

                For once, the hype seems justified — but you’ll struggle to get hold of many top bottles

                An illustration of a man in a brown suit peering through the bottom of a wine glass, out of the top of which is emerging a vine with grapes and gold stars
              • Friday, 30 August, 2024
                Travel
                Postcard from Italy: the Ferrari you can drink but not drive

                The winner of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix won’t be spraying champagne from the podium — but a wine from much closer to home

                Three racing drivers on a podium in front of a Ferrari sign. One sprays champagne at the others as they open their own champagne bottles
              • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
                HTSI
                The new juju of Anjou wine

                Once overlooked, the Loire region is now a fulcrum of radical winemaking

                The Thibaud Boudignon vineyard in the Loire
              • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
                FT MagazineJancis Robinson
                Secrets of the wine list sleuths

                How premium producers keep tabs on their stockists

              • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
                News in-depthFood & Beverage
                Australia’s wine sector suffers as drinkers shun lower-end brands

                Well-known ‘commercial’ labels sold off as industry endures what some winemakers call its worst-ever crisis

                A hand plucks a bunch of grapes
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