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Multinational varietals
12 Jul 2006
I was interested to learn about the potential for intra-European varietal wines in the not-so-distant future, given the content of draft proposals for EU wine reform. ...
View issue Harpers 14 July 2006
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Bordeaux or bust
06 Jul 2006
At last we have them – another crucial set of figures to add to the much-flaunted, much-vaunted alcohol, dry extract and tannin levels of the wines: the prices of 2005 Bordeaux. And the really shocking thing? Not that a few are...
View issue Harpers 7 July 2006
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Uncorked: All Good Things Must End
06 Jul 2006
All good things must come to an end is one of those throwaway lines parents use to placate a bawling child who doesn’t want to give up something enjoyable he/she is doing. It seems a bit like that this weekend, in...
View issue Harpers 7 July 2006
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HOT: The analyst
29 Jun 2006
Neil Beckett heads to not one but two recently opened London restaurants run by brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin, and finds two very different wine lists, in terms of individuality and margin ...
View issue 30 June 2006
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Eurosceptics hold breath
29 Jun 2006
The European Commission’s press conference on the Thursday before last was bordering on the farcical, apparently – shades of the Eurovision Song Contest 20 years ago. But it served to illustrate how difficult it is to get anything agreed in this...
View issue 30 June 2006
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EC gets radical over reform
22 Jun 2006
The suggestion to remove 400,000 hectares of vines – three times South Africa’s wine-producing area – is breathtaking to say the least. ...
View issue Harpers, 23 June 2006
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EU to reform wine sector
16 Jun 2006
In years gone by, news that the European Commission is to draw up a strategy for reforms in the European Union’s wine sector would barely have raised an eyebrow. It’s a French/Italian/Spanish problem – let them deal with it. Not any...
View issue 16 June 2006
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Going for gold
16 Jun 2006
There’s a wintry chill in the air in the Cape, and winemakers are taking a well-earned break, hoping to reap the rewards of their hard work during previous vintages at the many competitions underway, both locally and abroad. ...
View issue 16 June 2006
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The World Cup is upon us
08 Jun 2006
Yes, it’s here. It’s arrived. After all the hype, the World Cup is finally under way. And we are now facing up to four weeks of anguish, depending on how Becks, Rooney et al fare in what is the most important...
View issue Harpers 9 June 2006
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Uncorked: France versus California
01 Jun 2006
Well, the long-awaited re-run of the now legendary Judgement of Paris tasting threw up another victory for California. And I think it is fair to say that Ridge’s victory surprised most in the trade. ...
View issue Harpers 2nd June 2006
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