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Nick on restaurants
When the world likes to eat out
Nick reports on a global dining trend. Above, diners at Hawksmoor in London. My frequent conversations with our restaurateur son invariably reveal to me the enormous changes that have taken...
Nick Lander
Sunday 8 February 2026
• 1 min read
Wine news in 5
Strengthening US wine labelling, new EU trade deals, market reports, more bottles lighten up
Plus, wet weather makes California drought-free for the first time in 25 years and leaves snow on Douro vineyards. Much to the delight of Otto, Paul Symington’s dog, above. A...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 30 January 2026
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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
• 2 min read
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See our guide to this week's comprehensive stocktake on the extent of organic and biodynamic viticulture in the world today...
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Dave Powell (pictured), founder of the high-profile Barossa Valley winery Torbreck, and producer incidentally of this wine of the week...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . See my tasting notes on...
Max on Oz
Here's the debut column of our new Australian columnist.
Oh, I just can't keep up. Every week it seems I...
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See Max's debut column, Australia's next generation. Constantly striving to improve, we at JancisRobinson.com are delighted to announce another regular...
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See Our collected works – a guide. Of all the many geographically sorted collections of wine reviews we present this...
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Australia's biggest wine company, Treasury Wine Estates, once (in its long and complicated history) the wine division of brewers Foster's...
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You wait ages for Penfolds wines, and then they all come along... numbered like London buses. Bin 150, from Chigwell...
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We continue our week devoted to Pinot Noir with an Australian specialist in this capricious variety, Nick Farr of Geelong...
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I had a most interesting discussion with one of the many celebrated, high-profile sommeliers in New York during my short...
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While in Australia last month for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, I had a chance to catch up with...
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You may remember the embarrassing mix-up over the cuttings of fashionable Albariño...
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See also Every vintage of Henschke, Hill of Grace. I promised recently in this revived Hill of Grace thread in...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
See my tasting notes on all...
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At about the same time as dozens of drivers in south-east England were stuck in their cars in a snowstorm...
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