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Jancis's diary – May 2026
Foreign parts feature heavily this month but that’s far from all. The villa pictured above overlooks Tangier. I hope you noticed that I hardly travelled at all at the beginning...
Jancis Robinson
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The cross-Channel special relationship
A look at Anglo-French love through the lens of wine. Plus a guide to the UK’s fine-wine traders. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Jancis Robinson
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Book reviews
Mélange might be the best word for this catholic collection of book reviews, united only by the one common denominator...
Tasting articles
Following on from yesterday’s article on whites and right-bank reds, we present our thoughts on the left-bank reds as shown...
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The smart bordeaux 2020s retasted. For all our previous coverage of this vintage, including Gavin Quinney’s statistical analysis of the...
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The UK wine trade is considerably impoverished.
We were shocked to learn that last Tuesday the UK wine trade lost...
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Our Pacific Northwest specialist was one of two top US performers in this year's Stage 1 MW exams and has...
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…and not a moment too soon. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the Anthologie...
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How are the wines from these two very famous vintages tasting now?
On a scorching day in the Languedoc last...
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A strong candidate for reclassification reviewed. Above, Alexandre de Malet Roquefort and those purple fermentation tanks.
Prior to the recent...
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This is the second of four articles about some of the 47 applicants for this year's Golden Vines Diversity Awards...
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The cellar and vineyard at Bordeaux's most urban wine estate have been transformed to produce wines for both early and...
Nick on restaurants
Where to eat in and around Bordeaux.
The temperature gauge on our friend Tim Johnston’s car registered 35 °C as...
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Life was surprisingly tough for those on the fringes of Bordeaux, even before the recent wildfires.
On the way to...
Inside information
Vineyard management companies are becoming increasingly important in the Gironde too. Above, recently planted Marselan vines (added to the classic...
Tasting articles
Gonzague Lurton, seen above on the left with technical director Léopold Valentin, has embraced biodynamics and regenerative viticulture, resulting in...
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How leading wine traders and commentators were held captive by a prince, pictured above. A version of this article is...
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Quite a few bargains from this long-standing UK retailer and importer, plus six vintages of Cantina Kurtatsch's top Cabernet, grown...
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