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The Judgement of London blind tasting of 32 internationally renowned wines revealed some surprising results. Did Europe or the Rest of the World triumph?

Europe pipped Rest of the World to the post at the Judgement of London tasting this week, but New Zealand and Australia scored top in the white wines.

Douglas Blyde cracks into an XXL Orkney scallop and looks over the selection of large format bottles at The Cocochine in Mayfair to see if bigger really is better.

Db's Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay takes an in-depth look at St-Julien, as part of his appellation-by-appellation look at the 2023 en primeurs, finding its wines to be both excellent and remarkably homogeneous, as well as high yielding. 

On the eve of the first big releases in a make or break en primeur campaign, our Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay, takes stock of the 2023 vintage.

Château Batailley has become the first estate out of the gate for the 2023 en primeur – releasing the 2023 vintage at a price 11.9% lower than its 2022 release price. 

William Kelley’s verdict on Bordeaux 2021 offers a cautionary tale of a vintage ‘already in danger of being forgotten’.

In the third of a series of articles on the monocépage wines of the Bordeaux region, db's Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay explores the most aromatically expressive of all Bordeaux varietals, Cabernet Franc.

Christie’s has concluded a two-part auction of wines by collector Dr A. Botenga, achieving a total of £6,116,612 across London and Hong Kong.

It doesn't appear in textbooks and isn't included in the much-anticipated movie Napoleon – but the French politician had bold plans to start a new life in the US.