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It’s been a while since we could offer a parcel of wine from arguably Champagne’s greatest grower (read greatest producer!) to our entire database. This year, on the back of Francis Egly’s recent visit to our market...

Roughly nine out of every ten bottles of Cognac sold worldwide comes from one of four producers. As market share goes, the Big Four, as they’re referred to—Hennessy, Remy-Martin, Courvoisier and Martell—have things pretty much...

From a Port grower that prides itself on the finesse, purity and balance of its wines, 2021 has delivered these qualities in spades. This is an outstanding vintage where temperatures were consistent compared to recent extreme years...

In the run-up to the gifting season, we’re delighted to offer a 10% discount across International Fine Wine’s entire range of books until the end of December. Over the last 12 months, we’ve expanded our library, which now spans a diverse and fascinating collection of wine literature...

A small but beautiful release from a domaine now widely considered among Burgundy’s elite. Despite the season’s challenges, 2021 is a year of terrific purity and transparency for Marc and Alexandre Bachelet. Although...

In this issue, Dan Keeling reports on a 25-vintage vertical of Romanée-Conti, organised by the domaine to mark the reprint of Richard Olney’s seminal book Romanée-Conti: The World’s Most Fabled Wine...

Rhône Valley 2021 and ’22 was a tale of two vintages. The former was a challenging season marked by frost, hail and cooler and wetter conditions. You had to be on top of your vineyard at short notice in 2021. Those willing to drop a...

The two vintages we offer today could hardly have been more different for Sophie Armenier and her son, Vincent Estevenin. The two Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds hail from 2021, a year when the notorious April frosts crept far south...

Rioja has long been blessed with exceptional vineyards. The problem has been knowing where to find them. French-born Tom Puyaubert has spent half his life living and working in Rioja. Earlier this year, he took us to visit three of his principal vineyards...

In the wine game, some tip-offs are a damp squib, others a slam dunk. This is a story of the latter. Like many contemporary Rías Baixas vineyard owners, Alberto Cabaco made his fortune in Galicia’s lucrative fishing industry. Retired and with no children...

We’re visiting our growers in Burgundy later this month, which will give us a clearer view of the style and quality of the 2022 vintage. For now, if our tasting of Verget’s wines in Australia last week may act as an early barometer, the omens look very good indeed...

Lovers of fine French Brandy will be familiar with Laballe’s fabulous collection of Armagnacs. An artisanal alternative to its more famous, big brand-dominated neighbour Cognac, vintage-dated Armagnac provides a historical snapshot of a season...