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Some wine really does get better with age, and not all of it is expensive. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. One of...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 20 December 2025
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Bordeaux 2005 by the bottle in 2025
Berry Bros recently went mad with a well-priced offer of this lauded vintage. See this guide to our more than 50(!) articles about Bordeaux 2005. Above is the handsome, classical...
Jancis Robinson
Thursday 9 October 2025
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Friday 3 October 2025
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A small tasting that revealed the fascinating and unpredictable effects of ageing champagne under the sea.
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For the context of these tasting notes – all Pinot Noir and mostly from Central Otago – see Central Otago...
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Two years on from my first visit to Central Otago for the Pinot Noir Celebration 2016, I was back in...
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This is a longer version of an article also published by the Financial Times.
See Domaine Tempier, new and (very)...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . Last month we went to...
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When I was little, tomato ketchup came only in glass bottles. By the time a decent amount had plopped onto...
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The first Copa de Londres, a competition devised by Paul Shinnie of Rhône to Rioja, importer into the UK of...
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This article by Andy Lloyd is the fifth in an irregular season of features written by previous winners of the...
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Here in the Languedoc we have the world's oldest collection of vinyl. Our 19 year old has just asked me...
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Old age is complicated, for wines as for people. Should old wines that have weathered the chemical interactions of their...
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For the illustrations to this explanation, download these diagrams [no longer available in 2021 alas].
The Bordeaux oenologist and specialist...
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I recently had a chance to try out what seems to be latest gadget designed to add years to a...
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One of the things that defines wine is its ability to age, far longer than anything else we buy to...
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On purple pages we have been discussing to what extent levels of alcohol, sweetness and acidity affect the aging ability...
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