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Tasting articles Bordeaux 2023 in bottle – the crus bourgeois

Classic, affordable bordeaux made for pleasure and selected for an independent, reliable and regularly updated classification. For all that we’ve published on this vintage, see Bordeaux 2023 – a guide...

Julia Harding MW Wednesday 24 December 2025 • 7 min read

Tasting articles Bordeaux 2023 in bottle – the grands crus

Andy Howard MW Tuesday 23 December 2025 • 9 min read

Book reviews The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides – book reviews

Six sleek guides for wine lovers wanting on-the-ground advice on what and where to drink and eat. The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides Bordeaux, by Georgie Hindle – ISBN 9781917084512 Napa...

Ben Colvill Monday 22 December 2025 • 1 min read

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Wines to squirrel away

Some wine really does get better with age, and not all of it is expensive. A slightly shorter version of...

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Berry's wine tasting for The Drinks Trust

11 November 2025 This event is now sold out. 30 October 2025 This worthwhile initiative needs your support, and you...

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2005 bordeaux at 20

A chance to revisit Bordeaux classics from a lauded vintage that are now ready to drink. A slightly shorter version...

Picking botrytised grapes at Château Climens in Barsac

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Bordeaux 2025 harvest report

Is five the magic number in Bordeaux vintages? 2025 puts the idea to the test. Above, the harvest of botrytised...

the tasting room at Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

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Bordeaux 2005 by the bottle in 2025

Berry Bros recently went mad with a well-priced offer of this lauded vintage. See this guide to our more than...

WineGB tasting 8 September 2025 photo by Tom Gold

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Jancis's diary - September 2025

Multiple tastings and one visit to a vineyard this month. I still have a physical diary. In August I had...

Bottles of Tasmanian wine standing in front of a screen showing a map of Tasmania

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The Singapour – September 2025

An embarrassment of riches from Bordeaux, Champagne, Tasmania and beyond. By the scores in this article, most Tasmanian wine can...

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Château Brane-Cantenac 1992–2023

A vertical tasting to mark the 100th anniversary of the Lurton family’s ownership of this Bordeaux estate. See also this...

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Who is venturing beyond Bordeaux?

Should fine-wine producers have a network of exclusive distributors or throw themselves at the mercy of the Bordeaux Place? A...

Beyond Bordeaux 2025 tasting at the Raffles Hotel Singapore

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Beyond Bordeaux in 2025

Some of the world’s more ambitious, and ambitiously priced, wines – those offered this year on the Bordeaux Place. Above...

Sep 2022 drought-stressed Merlot in Bordeaux

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Water, water, not quite everywhere

4 September 2025 Should irrigation be more widely permitted in France’s fine-wine regions? We’re republishing this argument against, free for...

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Bordeaux, Burgundy – it's time to irrigate!

4 September 2025 Château Lafleur quitting the restrictive appellation contrôlée system has put irrigation in the spotlight again. We’re republishing...

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Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 1978–2023

An archetypal Pauillac offering authenticity, consistency and longevity. See also this guide to our bordeaux verticals. Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste may lack...