The forthcoming 2024 vintage in Chianti Classico is not one producers are rushing to boast about, preferring to look ahead to 2025. But for buyers with customers looking for early-drinking wines from bankable names, it may offer something more valuable than it might appear.
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The week-long celebration that is Premier Napa Valley saw $3 million being raised at its concluding auction on Friday (20 February), confirming the ongoing popularity of this charity fund-raiser.
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Americans call it putting lipstick on a pig. I was listening to one of Corney & Barrow’s Bordeaux Unpicked podcasts the other day. Yes, that’s right, podcasts plural. There are six of them to date, delving into the minutiae of the 2024 vintage. One of the participants joked that there are two types of harvest in Bordeaux – vintages of the century and “better than expected” – but that’s where the humour ended.
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In the wake of an overall cool vintage, expectations remain high in the Douro Valley, with initial reports suggesting that year's crop will showcase “vibrant fruit, fine tannins, and remarkable acidity”.
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