The Purple Pages digest – July

Every month, we bring you a free digest of the very best bits from JancisRobinson.com, as well as:

• previews of what's to come
• flashbacks to the top stories on JancisRobinson.com 10 years ago
• highlights from our events calendar
• and free access to two Purple Pages articles from the preceding month.

JULY saw 63 articles added to JancisRobinson.com bringing our total over the 10,000 mark, showing that not even a heatwave can slow us down. Here are a few of the hottest numbers we had on the books:

• Julia on Georgia's dilemmas, both the ontological and the qvevri variety
• Our collected works – a run of regional tasting articles featuring a fascinating diversity of wines in each one, from great to grim
• Walter's Nebbiolo marathon
• Bernkasteler Ring's 2012 Mosels – a glowing review from Michael S
• Harry Haddon, the new kid on the block, writes about the odd kid coming good (now free)
• Richard on cork wars – movie included (both now free)
• The world's first varietal Tribidrag
• Lunch in a ruined castle with Sassicaia & Co
• Jancis sings the praises of unsung heroes Muscadet and Beaujolais
  

And while the rest of the northern hemisphere is on holiday, in AUGUST, the team at JancisRobinson.com is as busy as ever. Look out for:

• A look at Huet's legendary Vouvrays
• Walter spilling secrets about the mafia
• A lot more on Germany 2012 from Michael, Julia and Jancis
• Our first-ever indepth look at Navarra complete with 112 tasting notes by our new Spanish specialist, Ferran Centelles
• A rare comparison of Bordeaux from 2009 to 2012, valiantly garnered by Julia under less than ideal tastig conditions
• More from Julia as she assesses the Equipo Navazos new releases
• Walter's encounter with Chiara Boschis, the glamour girl of Barolo

FROM THE ARCHIVE - a nostalgic look back at breaking news of July 2003:

• Masochism squared – the first MW to climb Mt Everest (who has also, incidentally, just become the first-ever American chairman of the MW Institute)
• David Hohnen, founding father of Cloudy Bay (and described by Jancis as a could-have-been 'fine male model') steps down from his iconic winery after 18 years at the helm. McHentry Hohnen was the result
• Rather coincidentally, a Huet tasting back to 1947, which will make for an interesting comparison with the more up-to-date Huet tasting (also going back to 1947) that Jancis will publish at the end of this month
• Tim James grills Jancis on the dangers of competition tasting and trends in the South African wine industry

... and don't forget our August events diary, your guide to wine events worldwide, including:

• an utterly hedonistic tasting of cult wines and Rococo chocolates in Belgravia, London
• Tasting wine in the Chocolate State – a chance to find out, first hand, if Pennsylvania can do wine as well as Hershey's
• a challenge for those who think they know their Pomerols from their Rutherford Benches – New World vs Old World Bordeaux blends in London