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25th anniversary tasting of mature Australian wines in Tokyo
Join Richard Hemming MW in Tokyo for a benchmark tasting of mature Margaret River wines. Celebrate 25 years of JancisRobinson.com and the launch of our Japanese site as we build...
Team JR
Wednesday 28 January 2026
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A view from Victoria on Australia Day
Kim Chalmers of Chalmers Wine and Chalmers Nursery in Victoria is no stranger to JancisRobinson.com. She was an important influence on Walter when he fell in love with Italian varieties...
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Monday 26 January 2026
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Plus an update on France’s ban on copper-containing fungicides for organic viticulture. Above, fire in South Africa’s Overberg, sent by...
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A perfectly ordinary extraordinary wine. From €19.60, £28.33, $19.99 (direct from the US importer, K&L Wines).
A few months ago...
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A brilliantly buzzy white wine with the power to transform deliciously over many years. And prices start at just €19.90...
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Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard...
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There’s nothing commercial about this old-vine, organically farmed Cabernet from a family-run winery except perhaps its price. From £15, $19.99...
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A look back at 30 years of House of Arras, and the cool-climate isle’s booming bubbly industry today. House of...
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A stunning outcome from what began as a shocking mistake.
‘I got a phone call. I think it must have...
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A hotspot for Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz in South Australia just keeps getting hotter.
For Sue Bell, there has never...
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Some of the world’s more ambitious, and ambitiously priced, wines – those offered this year on the Bordeaux Place. Above...
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The Cabernet is fine, but look to Shiraz, Pinot Gris and other less-popular varieties to taste where Victoria really shines...
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Stylistically diverse, top-notch Chardonnay: so many more reasons to keep faith in Australian wine. Above, Cherubino’s Willows vineyard, Margaret River...
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Plus 1,500 alcohol-store closures in China and mining projects in the vineyard lands of New Zealand and Australia. Wildfires burn...
Wine news in 5
Plus the latest wine-industry reports from Australia and the UK. Above, Buckwell Vineyard, Chapel Down's newest plantation, 119 ha (294...
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Investment writer Jessica Monkivitch writes this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about her and her mother's mutual love...
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Today's the day this year's top Penfolds wines are released. But only after Peter Gago, above, has been round the...
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Young, award-winning winemakers reflect on the Australian wine industry they came into, and where they are taking it. So, here...
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