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Brad Greatrix on lockdown life as a winemaker

The Nyetimber man – whose wife is the head winemaker – is the latest guest columnist to chart his lockdown experience

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Joe Fattorini on social media ‘peacocking’

The first taste is with the nose; the second with the palate. But these days, the most important is the third, with the eyes – on Instagram

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From impending retirement to seven days a week

Even before coronavirus forced his hand, Roger Jones planned to retire from his role heading up acclaimed restaurant The Harrow at Little Bedwyn. Now, in lockdown, he’s working 16-hour days – and loving it

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Steven Spurrier: What I’m drinking in lockdown

The next in our series chronicling lockdown wines finds the veteran critic on a mission to make a sizeable dent in his cellar

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Olly Smith: What I’m drinking in lockdown

In a new series, personalities from the food and drinks world tell us what wines and spirits they’re turning to in confinement. First up, wine broadcaster Olly Smith

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Joe Fattorini: just what makes a wine ‘comforting’?

In lockdown, consumers are reverting to the familiar rather than the experimental. Freud would have had a field day on the psychology of our choices…

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How I learnt to bake the (almost) perfect sourdough

Food writer Fiona Beckett had never felt the need to compete with master bakers – not least because her late husband was one of them. But now, alone in lockdown, the time had come for a poignant epiphany

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Bruce Schoenfeld was always a hoarder. In lockdown, he’s had to change tack

Our US columnist wrote this piece in January. ‘Little did I know then that I wouldn’t be ordering wine in restaurants for months,’ he says. ‘Turns out fighting the pandemic by staying home is far easier when you have a substantial cellar – but it does take a toll on your inventory…’

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Joe Fattorini: Lockdown will prove to be wine’s finest hour

In these challenging times, says new columnist Joe Fattorini of the Wine Show, wine is a powerful tool for bringing us all together

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Alice Lascelles on how newcomers are changing the drinks world for the better

Newcomers thirsty for knowledge used to be looked down on - but now they're changing the drinks world for the better