Nina Caplan is the Lifestyle and Travel columnist for Club Oenologique online and wine columnist for The New Statesman and The Times’s Luxx magazine. Her first book, The Wandering Vine: Wine, The Romans and Me, came out in 2018 and won several awards; she’s trying to stay in one place long enough to write a second one.
Recent contributions

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The best new wine books to enjoy this summer

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Unconventional wine pairings from a Paris icon

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Celebrating Venice’s ancestral crafts – winemaking included

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Australian wine: finding an identity all of its own
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The relationship between Rioja and Bordeaux? It’s complicated
Nina Caplan explores the historical ties between the two leading wine regions and how a healthy rivalry continues to equate to greatness in the glass

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67 Pall Mall Verbier: the club where Swiss wine reaches its peak
As the latest outpost of London wine club 67 Pall Mall opens in Verbier, Nina Caplan discovers the same world view on fine wine but also a window into all that vines from the Valais have to offer

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Coffee and Coravin: a tale of two lockdown saviours
Coffee and the rituals that surround it have always been cherished by Nina Caplan – but how she poured and preserved her wine took on just as much importance in lockdown

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‘Next year, I want to drink wine with the people who made it’
Nina Caplan looks to the year ahead with hope for more adventurous travels. Here’s what’s on her wishful itinerary – including vineyards, wine trails and destinations famous for their native grapes

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Nina Caplan’s wine diary from an extraordinary year
As our columnist Nina Caplan reflects on her tasting notes from a year in wine, she also observes how the great bottles enjoyed in 2021 did more than dazzle the palate – they transported to places she longed to reach

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Madeira: land of wood, wine, and otherworldly dishes
On a trip to the island of Madeira, Nina Caplan finds plenty of gastronomic delights, including the eponymous, centuries-old fortified wine

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London’s latest batch of wine bars come back fighting
Nina Caplan goes on a post-lockdown bar crawl around the UK capital and discovers plenty to raise her glass to

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Witnessing the tides of change in Porto’s Factory House
Following an invitation to the Factory House – an historic club for the port shippers of Porto – Nina Caplan ponders the future of the fortified wine

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Inside World of Wine: Portugal’s museum district dedicated to vinho
Porto has a new museum quarter – and it’s all about wine. Nina Caplan pays a visit to WOW Porto – World of Wine to discover if this is a new pinnacle for highbrow culture in Europe

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Raising a toast to two of the finest Champagne houses
After a year without winery visits, Nina Caplan was delighted to hit the tasting trail again, and she chose two of the best: Krug and Philipponnat Champagne

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The Decameron: Tuscany’s tale of wine and woe echoes the present day
When Nina Caplan used her lockdown to finally read Plague-era epic “The Decameron”, she discovered themes of escapism and friendship that tallied with her present. But she didn’t know she’d also find herself reflecting on the modern-day winemaking women of Tuscany

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From paella to Penedès: understanding Spain’s delights
Spanish food and wine is vastly more diverse than people give it credit for, says Nina Caplan. Here she recounts a trip to Spain that reinforced just why the country's cuisine deserves closer examination

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Opera and Ogier: the perfect blend in Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Nina Caplan reminisces on a trip to the opera at Orange, an ancient theatre in southern France whose survival attests to the character of Châteauneuf-de-Pape’s unique and storied soil

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Lost in the memories of the Sherry Triangle
Nina Caplan yearns to return to this exhilarating corner of south-west Spain where Fino and Manzanilla Sherry hold sway

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Here’s to great women winemakers – not because they’re women, but because they’re great
Columnist Nina Caplan is no fan of International Women's Day, but she is a fan of female winemakers making their voice heard through the quality and character of their wines

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Sommeliers: in praise and prayer
We can all drink well at home during lockdown, but only a good somm brings that added, intangible frisson of exoticism, says columnist Nina Caplan

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Nina Caplan: Why I’m abstaining from Dry January
Across social media, more and more virtuous souls are boasting of their commitment to going a month without wine, whisky, or any other drink. Our lifestyle columnist explains why she's not one of them

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Nina Caplan’s 2020 antidote: a festive fizz odyssey
Our lifestyle columnist is determined to pop more corks than ever this Christmas – and get her dose of travel in the process

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Nina Caplan: now, more than ever, wine is our conduit to the world
Our columnist was meant to be in Australia this winter, reconnecting with her childhood. Instead, she’s dreaming of its riches through a Burgundian lens

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A Burgundian boldly braves Bordeaux
The rivalry between Bordeaux and Burgundy is as ancient as the creamy stones of Saint-Émilion. But as she heads west to dine in "the Other Place", our new columnist finds open-mindedness far more important than competition

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Welcome to the new Burgundy: Chablis out, Beaujolais in
A proposal to redraw the map of AOC Bourgogne is causing consternation among the region’s winemakers. Nina Caplan hears both sides of the debate

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Cyprus: luxury on the beach and terrific wines in the hills
The best way to combine the different realities of Cyprus is to head into the hills and meet the winemakers, as Nina Caplan discovers on her visit to the newly-opened Amara Hotel

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Five decades of Watervale Riesling
In a rare tasting with wines dating back to 1977, Nina Caplan discovers why Australian Rieslings are as much loved as their German counterparts

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Maximise the joy in Montreal
Montreal doesn't have a world-famous landmark to give it international clout - its wonders take a little bit of searching out. But once there you'll discover a city of dreams, and a foodie paradise

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Lucia Moholy: the Bauhaus wife
She was one of the early 20th century’s most gifted photographers and a key member of the Bauhaus. So why is Lucia Moholy barely mentioned in the celebrations of the movement’s centenary?

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Inside the new, £140million Macallan distillery
You hardly notice the Macallan’s new distillery – until you get inside. Nina Caplan discovers the mystery of malt in a modern masterpiece