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David Williams

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David Williams is a wine correspondent for the Observer, a regular contributor to specialist wine titles and an author. The Observer’s ownership transferred to Tortoise Media in April 2025

April 2025

  • Young green grape in champagne vineyards at montagne de reims, France

    David Williams's wines of the week
    Mediterranean producers unite in the face of dire adversity

    This year’s Mediterranean Wine Symposium hoped to offer some sense of pan-regional collaboration, bringing together a singular, future-forward philosophy
  • Easter goodies: fortified wines bring a rich, dried-fruitiness that matches marvellously with chocolate.

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    Fortified wines to pair with the Easter treats

    A glass of Port, Madeira or Marsala is just the thing to elevate chocolate and Simnel cake
  • Roasted rosemary and garlic leg of lamb and roast potatoes

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    Great Georgian wines to lift your Easter feast

    Easter lunch means lamb in one form or another for many of us, and nothing sets the flavour off better than wines made with the saperavi grape

March 2025

  • delivery box of wines

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    Wines you’ll really want to Swig

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    In the mood for spring: feel-good wines in sync with the season

  • Shop interior wine racking red tidy Aldi Leigh Parsonage Retail Park vegetable stand Shops shopping shopper store retail super<br>H2TE59 Shop interior wine racking red tidy Aldi Leigh Parsonage Retail Park vegetable stand Shops shopping shopper store retail super

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    Unearthing some special wines at Aldi

  • Couple having wine outside

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    The many joys of Spain’s fruity garnacha grape

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    How tasting notes play conjuring tricks with our expectations

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    Colder and bolder: discovering the joy of cool-climate wines

February 2025

  • Argentina, Mendoza, Andengebirge, volcano Tupungato, viticulture,<br>The Andes provide the backdrop to the vineyards of Mendoza, Argentina.

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    This must be the place: the rise of single-vineyard wines

    The wine zeitgeist is that place is now more important than time, but labelling bottles as hyper local is not as trainspottery as it sounds
  • Wines with altitude: vineyards in France’s Savoie region.

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    Graceful wines with a twist in the tale

    subtle but beautiful wines from Savoie and Japan!

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      Wine: fantastic specialities from Australia and New Zealand

    • David Williams's wines of the week
      A fresh perspective on natural wines

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      Inspiring Italian wines

January 2025

  • In this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019 photo, Cabernet Sauvignon grapes left unpicked hang in a vineyard along Highway 128 in Geyserville, Calif. If you're worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California's 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, or even just imparted it with an undesirable smoky flavor, you can relax. The wine is just fine. For now. Despite a late October blaze that raged through one of the world's best-known wine-growing regions. forcing evacuations in two mid-sized towns, wine production in Sonoma County escaped largely unscathed. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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    California dreaming: the best of the state’s wines

    California’s wines are expensive, but choose carefully and you can still find a bottle that packs a real flavour punch
  • Chillable reds and Greek white wines look set to fill more glasses.

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    New grapes, old vines, lower alcohol – wine trends to watch in 2025

    Whether driven by the climate crisis, tariffs or a thirst for the new, there are shifts ahead in the world of wine

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      Wines of the week: Zingy, bright whites for lifting the UK’s winter mood

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      Soak up the rays: wines tasting of sunshine

    • David Williams's wines of the week
      Drinks to help you make the most of dry January

December 2024

  • champaign<br>still with champaign popping and splashing

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    Bring in the New Year with a burst of bubbles

    Sparkling wines, from Champagne to crémant, definitely worth popping to see out 2024
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