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King Charles III’s coronation in Westminster Abbey on 6 May will make him the country’s 15th monarch to have reigned in the lifetime of Taylor’s Port, said the company, which was founded back in 1692. Taylor’s is releasing 1,500 bottles of ‘Very Very Old Tawny Port Coronation Edition’ via fine wine merchants to mark the first coronation in the UK for 70 years. It has a recommended retail price of £425-a-bottle. David Guimaraens, Taylor’s head winemaker, said, ‘The component wines for this ...

Trade group Wine Australia delivered an estimate of 1.32 million tonnes for the overall vintage, which is 26% below the 10-year average. It is the lowest vintage recorded since 2000, and producers across the country reported that conditions were the most challenging in at least 20 years. Australia was hit by a third consecutive La Niña event, which led to the wettest year since 2011 and the coolest year since 2012. Relentless rainfall throughout the winter and spring across much of Southeastern ...

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...