From the vaults: Tavel, the popes’ rosé
In our latest dip into the archives, Jacqueline Friedrich visits the Rhône’s rosé specialists.
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The singularity of Château Rayas
William Kelley on a distinctively great Châteauneuf-du-Pape estate.
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Les Deux Cols: Two and a half Irishmen
How a group of three Dublin-based wine lovers started a rising-star Rhône vineyard.
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2021 Rhône: The good, the bad, and the amorphously mediocre
Simon Field MW on an unusual year in the Rhône.
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Saint-Péray: The Northern Rhône’s soft white underbelly
The tiny Northern Rhône appellation of Saint-Péray is a source of sometimes-outstanding, low-acid dry whites that at their best offer…
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One Bottle: Cave de Tain 2011 Hermitage Blanc Vin de Paille: Atop and in awe of the magic mountain
We made for the railway station, dipped through the tunnel under the rails, and then began climbing the path that…
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2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Grand, Spectacular, Running Wild
The confronting excesses of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are not for everyone, says Andrew Jefford. But if you can accept the concentrated, texturally…
Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf 1989–2004
With the death in 1997 of Jacques Reynaud, owner of Château Rayas, it fell to Henri Bonneau to serve as…
