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Wine with Leslie Williams: The two very distinctive categories of wine

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Wine with Leslie Williams: The two very distinctive categories of wine

The world of wine falls into two very distinct categories — the big brands making easy drinking accessible wines to please as many as possible, and the smaller producers that make wines in their own way and as best they can but with little or no thought to what the market wants — if they like it, why shouldn’t others?

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Leslie Williams: A debut for Azores wines

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Leslie Williams: A debut for Azores wines
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Some great wines of Burgundy to try
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Some wonderful wines to try from southern Italy
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Wine: The independent importers under threat thanks to Fine Gael
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Wine: Small passionate firms like Wine Mason go for elegance over blockbuster

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