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Australia

Penfolds bin numbers are codes, not a ranking

There is a particular kind of confusion that only happens with numbers. Tell someone a...
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Bordeaux

Pape Clement and the vineyard the city grew around

There is a tram out of central Bordeaux that runs west towards the airport. Get...
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Bordeaux

Chateau Olivier and the long lag on vineyard change

If a wine estate decides today to fix a problem in its vineyard, the first...
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Bordeaux

Montrose, Saint-Estephe and where the tannin comes from

Take a mouthful of young Cabernet and something happens that has nothing to do with...
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Champagne

Moet & Chandon and the hard work of tasting the same

A wedding banquet in Tsim Sha Tsui gets through forty bottles of Champagne over four...
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Germany

Markus Molitor and why Spatlese does not mean sweet

A customer asks for a dry white and gets handed a German Riesling labelled Spatlese....
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Producer Guide

The Mahjong Project and what a single cask really is

A barrel of whisky is a tradeable object, and it moves around more than most...
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Producer Guide

Macallan, sherry casks and why colour misleads

Two glasses on the same table. One is pale, almost like white wine. The other...
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Bordeaux

Lynch-Bages and what deep Pauillac gravel tastes like

If you dig a pit in a Medoc vineyard, the interesting part is not the...
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Champagne

Louis Roederer, light strike and the reserve wine behind it

Leave a bottle of pale wine on a bright windowsill for an afternoon and it...
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Burgundy

Louis Latour and what whole bunches do to red Burgundy

Pour a red Burgundy into a glass and hold it over a white tablecloth. You...
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Burgundy

Louis Jadot and whether owning the vineyard matters

There is a question people learn to ask about wine early, and then ask for...
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