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Welcome to this very personal, obsessively updated, completely INDEPENDENT source of news, views and opinion on wine with a bit of food and travel thrown in by Jancis Robinson and team. We hope you enjoy all that is available absolutely free, which can be accessed from the red menu below left - and also that you might be tempted to join our members-only purple pages, where you'll find tens of thousands of tasting notes, the world's only online Oxford Companion to Wine and a particularly courteous and well informed members' forum.  We continue to add masses of tasting notes - most recently topping up our coverage of Rhône 2006s.  But there's also the likes of China and Slovenia as well as strong recommendations from Australia, New Zealand and Portugal and an up to the minute snapshot of 2003 Bordeaux - but see also our 530 tasting notes on Bordeaux 2007s.

You can order our Vintners' Tales DVD in aid of Wine Relief here.

Recent articles

  Made in France - by Brits (in: free for all)
May 9, 2008

Recommended bottles from those who have followed their dream over the Channel and into the cellar.
  Berrys' crystal ball (in: don't quote me)
May 9, 2008

Berry Bros do it again. But they have their imperfections. As do their competitors (see 10.50 update).
  Dry German Riesling – word gets out in the US (in: inside information)
May 8, 2008

Or in New York anyway...
  Champagne tasting in Surrey on 7 July (in: free for all)
May 8, 2008

All in a good cause.
  A surfeit of Haut-Brion (in: don't quote me)
May 7, 2008

No sympathy expected.
  Australian wine exports slide (in: free for all)
May 7, 2008

Both volumes and value decline.
  Biodynamics in Australia - Part 1 (in: inside information)
May 7, 2008

Richard Hemming goes all lunatic.
  Portugal's hugely distinctive whites (in: tasting notes)
May 6, 2008

Not all Portuguese wine is red or pink! Julia on a set of fine curiosities.
  Coudoulet de Beaucastel Rouge 2006 Côtes du Rhône (in: wines of the week)
May 6, 2008

From 13 euros a bottle, £93 a dozen in bond.
  In praise of red Rhône today (in: inside information)
May 5, 2008

I am bowled over at Heathrow.
  Wine in Russia today (in: free for all)
May 5, 2008

Purple pager Bisso Atanassov of Moscow sends this report on a very particular wine market.
  Ronda conference - an overview (in: free for all)
May 3, 2008

A final round-up of what was discussed.
  The art of wine at the Tate (in: nick's food news)
May 3, 2008

Nick grills Hamish Anderson about how to source house wine for Tate Britain, Tate Modern and associated art galleries.
  Tasting the landmarks of Australian wine (in: tasting notes)
May 2, 2008

Julia takes us on a journey.
  Dirk Niepoort on the Douro - video (in: inside information)
May 2, 2008

My last little film from the Ronda conference.
  Much-improved site search (in: free for all)
May 1, 2008

Thank you, Google.
  Peter Sisseck on Ribera del Duero 2007 - video (in: inside information)
May 1, 2008

The Pingus man explains why prices may go up even more.
  Penfolds Grange 2003 and other icons (in: tasting notes)
May 1, 2008

Tasting notes on Grange 2003 and tip top 2005s released today.
  Ronda's hula hoop vines - video (in: inside information)
Apr 30, 2008

A short but educational video of La Melonera, the planned vineyard development associated with the recent conference.
  Leyda 2008 - early vintage report (in: free for all)
Apr 30, 2008

Seriously crisp Sauvignon with good ageing potential and Pinot Noir that will need very careful handling in Chile's new cool region.
 
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