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Last year, our brilliant critics immersed themselves in an extraordinary range of recordings that included striking debut releases and long-awaited offerings from legendary musicians. Alongside exquis

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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

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

There’s no shortage of great picks at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands, including a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, a pastel portrait by Dora Maar and two sections of 4th-century Roman mosaics