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Some wine really does get better with age, and not all of it is expensive. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. One of...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 20 December 2025
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Sweet and strong wines for the 2025 festive season
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In the northern hemisphere, wines strengthened by the addition of alcohol come into their own during the dank, dark nights...
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As I have written in wine news only recently, many sweet wines are inherently expensive to produce. Noble rot, or...
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I cannot remember a time when there were as many drinkable cheap champagnes on the market – although with the...
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We all know that the subject of corks v screwcaps is a horribly political one. There are now factions, especially...
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