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While Professor Scienza is trying to convince Sicilian producers to discover the wealth of their indigenous grape varieties (see Sicily - back to its roots ) and use them to spearhead the production of wine that will be truly unique for Sicily, there are quite a few regions on the island that,. More...

The Sonoma Coast is a ridiculously vast AVA that stretches from Mendocino almost as far south as Carneros (see map from Fort Ross winery below). A small group of wine producers with some of the most distinctive vineyards in some of the coolest conditions of the northern stretch succeeded earlier. More...

How many grape varieties does Italy have? 600? 800? 1,400? The Oxford Companion even estimates an impressive 2,000 different varieties [in the forthcoming Wine Grapes we examine almost 400 whose wines are in commercial circulation, and you may also like to see this thread on our forum -. More...

It wasn't all 2011 Bordeaux en primeur that topped our tastings this April: there were over 150 other wines scoring 17 or over entered into the JancisRobinson.com database. Many of these are standalone notes which are not published within articles and thus are brought to your attention. More...

‘Duh-duh-durr-durrrrr; duh-d-duh-duh-durrrr;   ‘duh-duh-durr-durrrrr, duh-d-duh-duh-duh-duh-durr.’  - The Final Countdown, Europe. Epic Records, 1986.  Five weeks until the exam. Which is the ideal time, I was recently reassured, to have an full on freak-out in. More...

25 Apr - Our competition for Purple Pagers to win two £40 tickets to Bibendum's tasting of Bordeaux 2011s at Lord's on 9 May closes at 5pm today. See details below. For the seventh year London wine merchants Bibendum Wine are organising an extensive tasting of the latest Bordeaux primeurs at. More...

In 2007 Fongyee Walker and I took the plunge and moved from the UK to Beijing. While teaching at Cambridge for a number of years before then, we found that among our friends and colleagues were several students and alumni from Tsinghua University, China's leading institution of higher. More...

The campaign was predicted to be early and some relatively minor wines were indeed released yesterday. Hold on for more as Julia outlines her reactions to this very varied vintage. That's case as in cas (instance) not case as in caisse (wooden box for wine). Right through the week of. More...

There were 272 wines scoring 17 or above in March, from all four corners of the Wineiverse. A selection of the best follow. The first six wines were standalone notes - that is, they were uploaded into the database without appearing in the front end of the website, so may have passed readers by.. More...

I’m starting to sound like a stuck record. I’m starting to sound like a stuck record. The role of luck in the MW tasting exam weighs so heavily on my mind that it has added an extra wrinkle to my forehead. It seems to be my only topic of conversation. I find myself repeating the same. More...