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Highs and lows of wine descriptions

I've been accused of many things, and now a tasting note has led to me being told that I've reached "a new low in wine journalism!".Read more

Pricking the bubble

Not everyone quite gets sparkling wine. Including me, most of the time.Read more

The ethical harvest

Most of the South African wine industry reacted with outrage last August to the strongly critical report of Human Rights Watch into the wine and fruit industries. A more thoughtful response came todayRead more

Pitiful entry for "Top 100"

The first of this year's wine competitions announced its results recently and there have been the usual responses from the wine-chattering class of interest, indifference and scepticism.Read more

Past and present

The past is a foreign country, as we have been told, peopled with incomprehensible beings. Or, in this case, it is different winelands from those we know and perhaps love.Read more

Tim James

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