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Illustrating clearly that South Africa is one of the wine world’s current hotspots for character and value, this tasting saw 60% of the wines entered scoring 90 points or more

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An unusual tasting, comparing two vintages of different character and a decade apart: 2022 and 2012. But our judges were delighted to find plenty of wines from both that deserved high scores

Here’s a “market paradox”, says Craig Mellow in Barron’s. The more the US government “trash talks Europe, the better it is for the euro”. The single currency has gained 13% against the greenback since

Henry Jeffreys takes a fresh look at much-maligned Germany