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Wachau

Dinstlgut Loiben (10/1/06) Great value from a leading Austrian co-operative.

Waiheke Island

Peacock Ridge (29/9/05) Fine wines in the Bordeaux mould.

Wairau Valley

Cloudy Bay (18/1/07) Home to Pelorus and that famous Sauvignon Blanc.

Weinviertel

Pfaffl (16/3/07) Wines from the Weinviertel in lower Austria.

Western Australia

Australian Wine Guide My thumbnail guide to the wines of Australia.
Australian Cabernet (9/9/04) South & Western Australia.
Australian Wine Tasting Notes Odd bottles that don't fit into my producer profiles
Cape Mentelle (11/07/01, updated 19/5/07) High quality wines from Western Australia.
Leeuwin Estate (8/12/00) Excellent wines from the Margaret River region.

Winedoctor index pages

What's New All my updates in chronological order.
Wine doctor home page With details of daily updates, my home page.

Wine Guides

Alsace With details of all the Grand Cru vineyards.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 1: Introduction Home to 720 million vines.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 2: History & Geography And climate and varieties.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 3: Graves The ancient estates of Pessac-Leognan.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 4: Sauternes Sauternes - rotten luck?.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 5: Courtiers & Négociants
Bordeaux Wine Guide 6: Margaux The eternal underperformer?
Bordeaux Wine Guide 7: St Julien The Léovilles and more.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 8: Pauillac The triumphant triumvirate.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 9: St Estephe Cos, Cos, Calon and more.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 10: Médoc, Médoc So good they named it twice?
Bordeaux Wine Guide 11: Osmosis & Extraction The New Bordeaux
Bordeaux Wine Guide 12: St Emilion Where soil really matters.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 13: Pomerol A different story.
Bordeaux Wine Guide 14: Bordeaux - the Future? Wine astrology?
Burgundy In two parts.
Rhone Vally From Cote Rotie to Chateauneuf du Pape.
Champagne Including how Champagne is made.
Loire Wine Guide: Introduction: a brief history, the soils and climate.
Loire Wine Guide: Nantais: The Muscadets, and other wines of the Pays Nantais.
Loire Wine Guide: Anjou & Saumur Part 1: The Coteaux du Layon and crus.
Loire Wine Guide: Anjou & Saumur Part 2: Savennières and Anjou.
Loire Wine Guide: Anjou & Saumur Part 3: Saumur & Saumur-Champigny & more.
Loire Wine Guide: Touraine Part 1: Lose yourself in Vouvray.
Loire Wine Guide: Touraine Part 2: Chinon, Bourgueil and a minor flood.
Loire Wine Guide: The Central Vineyards: Sancerre and friends
Languedoc Wine Guide Part one: My guide to the Coteaux du Languedoc.
Languedoc Wine Guide Part two: My guide to the remaining appellations.
German Wine Guide My thumbnail guide to the wines of Germany.
German tasting notes Odd bottles that don't fit into my profiles.
German Wine Guide: An introduction to Germany.
German Wine Guide: German wine laws & classifications: An explanation.
German Wine Guide: The Prädikat & AP number: 2 577 050 10 02 explained.
German Wine Guide: The German wine dictionary: German wine words defined.
German Wine Guide: The Saar: The Scharzhofberg vineyard, and others.
German Wine Guide: The Ruwer: Karthäuserhofberg, Abtsberg and more.
German Wine Guide: The Mosel Part 1: Piesport, Juffer-Sonnenuhr and friends.
German Wine Guide: The Mosel Part 2: The greatest vineyards of all Germany.
German Wine Guide: The Nahe: The vineyards of Bad Kreuznach and more.
German Wine Guide: The Rheingau: The birthplace of modern German wine.
German Wine Guide: Rheinhessen: Nierstein, Nackenheim, Oppenheim and more.
German Wine Guide: The Pfalz: Where vines grow with almond and citrus trees.
Austria My thumbnail guide to the wines of Austria.
Italy A thumbnail sketch of this great wine nation.
Spain With a focus on Rioja and Sherry.
Portugal Details of Port and Madeira as well as Portugal's table wines.
North America Mainly California, but covers both America and Canada.
Australia A thumbnail sketch of Australia's wine regions.
New Zealand Mainly whites here, but some great reds too recently.
South Africa A great wine nation in the making.
South America Chile, Argentina, and even Uruguay.

Wine Writing

2006 Wine Guides: New guides checked out.
Nicholas Belfrage: Italian specialist.
Bettane & Desseauve: The leading French critics.
Beverley Blanning: An MW with an interest in wine science and health.
Michael Broadbent: Venerable author with an extensive tasting history.
Stephen Brook: Bordeaux specialist.
Christy Campbell: An historian writes on Phylloxera.
Oz Clarke: Brilliant communicator at all levels. The stage's loss is our gain.
Clive Coates: Burgundy is his strong point, but writes on many themes.
David Copp: A passion for Tokaj is evident here.
Diel & Payne: German specialists.
William Echikson: Words from the Wall Street Journal Europe wine columnist.
Michael Edwards: Champagne and Burgundy specialist.
Len Evans: Stalwart of the Australian wine scene.
Jacqueline Friedrich: Writer on the Loire.
Rosemary George: Knowledgeable on the Languedoc, among other things.
Anthony Hanson: Burgundy is a strong point here.
Graham Harding: World Wine Trivia Champion.
Andrew Jefford: Excellent communicator who drips knowledge.
Hugh Johnson: A doyen of British wine writing.
Giles Kime: Onetime Decanter editor and wine columnist.
Don & Petie Kladstrup: Write on Wine and War.
Dr Tran Ky & Dr F Drouard: Champagne as Medicine
John Livingstone-Learmonth: Rhône specialist.
Patrick Matthews: Some insightful works from this author.
Dr E A Maury: Mad! What else can I say?
Elin McCoy: US wine writer with a take on Robert Parker.
Remington Norman: Very good, underappreciated author.
Robert Parker: American guru.
David Peppercorn: Bordeaux specialist.
Jancis Robinson: British guru.
George Saintsbury: Ex-Oxford Don and 19th Century bon viveur.
Tom Stevenson: Alsace and Champagne guru.
Benjamin Wallace: Author of Billionaire's Vinegar.
Stuart Walton: Strong worded author and pop music expert!
Michael Webb: Webb writes on architecture and design.

Worcester

A Selection of South Africans (2/10/08) Wines from two Worcester co-operatives.

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