From Muscat to Madeira, the best — and best-value — tipples for the festive season

The FT’s wine columnist reveals her favourite clubs, cellars and bars in the capital

There is a new-found confidence in what Spain, and Spain alone, can offer

It was only when champagne producer Louis Roederer arrived in the early 1980s that this hippy hideout was put on the international wine map

A Marie Kondo-style approach is best, according to serious collectors – if it doesn’t spark joy, sell it

The most popular method is through the outfit you bought it from

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Producers have made impressive progress in a country where consumption per capita is heroic

The family has been making fine wine in Napa Valley for four generations

John Ratcliffe testifies at confirmation hearing held under social distancing rules

Mel Stride, former Treasury minister, calls for help for business owners who pay themselves in dividends

Finance minister also says companies cannot pay dividends while receiving government money 

IR35 rules demanding companies check their contractors’ HMRC status are flawed and unfair, say Lords

A healthy salary does not always prevent problems, says the FT’s personal finance editor

Spookily effective savings tips if your money has vanished by the end of the month

How fraudsters will try to trick you out of your money 

The past decade has been transformational for our finances, but the next could be more challenging 

The novelist on Cicero’s lessons for Brexit Britain, Labour’s future — and how to write a bestseller a year

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US liberals’ favourite TV host on polarisation, the primaries and staying sane

The Lancet editor on Britain’s response to coronavirus — and being labelled a pariah

Group seeks to ‘protect capital structure’ as uncertainty swirls over Covid-19 impact

African nation vows to block decision it rejects as unjustified and illegal

Lusaka ups ante in dispute over shuttered copper mine

London-listed explorer hires Citi for fundraising and advice as rivals eye acquisitions

Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic

A celebrated journalist’s guide to crisp, accurate expression is full of sound advice

Academics and students on campus life in the era of ‘knowledge corporations’

Matthew Engel tours Middle England in search of the root of voter disillusionment

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

The need for an effective fight against coronavirus trumps other considerations

Revised agreement comes a day after the exit of central bank governor

Creditor group says restrictions on trading could be forcing bonds into ‘rogue’ hands

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president

Revised terms draw support from some creditors in key test before government debt crunch

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European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading

Different approaches to paying for investment research exacerbated by pandemic

As relations deteriorate over the coronavirus, Washington considers curbing supply chains and investment flows

The two members have proposed tougher enforcement of environmental and labour standards

Cafés, restaurants and secondary schools to reopen in phased easing of restrictions

Brussels sets out tariffs proposals aimed at reducing risk of smuggling into bloc

Pablo Iglesias sets out stall for shift to left with minimum income guarantee proposal

Economic hit of coronavirus risks exacerbating bloc’s divergence, ECB president warns

Measures to ease lockdown will be costly and difficult in practice, particularly in hospitality trade

Facebook has revealed plans for a new global digital currency, claiming it will enable billions of people around the world without a bank account to make money transfers. Patrick Jenkins discusses the initiative and what it means for the banks with Nick Megaw, Caroline Binham and Elaine Moore.

Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Nick Megaw, retail banking correspondent, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent and Elaine Moore, deputy head of Lex. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Sotheby’s has gone under the hammer for $3.7bn ending 31 years of public ownership, with the venerable auction house sold to Patrick Drahi, billionaire founder of the European telecoms group Altice. Arash Massoudi discusses the sale and what it means for the art market with Harriet Agnew and Melanie Gerlis.

Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Arash Massoudi, corporate finance and deals editor, Harriet Agnew, FT Paris correspondent, and Melanie Gerlis, FT art market columnist. Producer: Fiona Symon

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The murder of a local politician by right wing extremists has shocked Germany and set alarm bells ringing about the rise of neo-Nazi violence in the country. Ben Hall discusses the groups behind the upsurge in political violence and how dangerous they are with Guy Chazan in Berlin

Contrbutors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Ben Hall, Europe editor, and Guy Chazan, Berlin bureau chief. Producer: Fiona Symon

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