If you’re reading this column, you surely know the names of the famous wine grapes Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and so on. Soon, you’re going to have to learn new ones. All the vines mentioned above belong to the […]
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The first French wine producer to set up shop in California was Georges de Latour, who founded Beaulieu Vineyard in the Napa Valley in 1903. Since then, French wine producers have played a part in the state’s viticulture. But why
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In the 1980s my husband had a large restaurant in Soho. It was extremely popular, especially for business lunches, and a favourite with publishers, lawyers, journalists and media folk of all stripes. Just across Oxford Street on Charlotte Street, Channel
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Earlier this year, I wrote a series of eight articles suggesting possible approaches to collecting wine without paying over the odds. But there is absolutely no point in building up a wine collection unless you store it carefully. It’s no
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