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Jancis's diary – January 2026
January is always a heavy month for professional wine tastings. This year Jancis fortified herself beforehand. 2026 got off to a truly delightful start when Nick and I spent the...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 2 February 2026
• 1 min read
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Bordeaux 2023 in bottle – the crus bourgeois
Julia Harding MW
Wednesday 24 December 2025
• 7 min read
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Staying at the top of the Bordeaux tree involves a lot of effort, and many an airmile. Shorter versions of...
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Completing yesterday’s report on a big blind tasting of 2015 right-bank wines and sweet whites. See this guide for all...
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Château Rieussec in Sauternes was one of the high points of this big blind tasting. Reviews of the left-bank reds...
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A vertical tasting of this very popular Pauillac estate. Above, from left to right: Nicolas Labenne, Jean-Charles Cazes and Daniel...
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We have just lost one of Bordeaux’s most-loved ambassadors and are still in shock.
Purple Pagers may already know that...
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Gavin Quinney of Château Bauduc shares his annual, detailed review of the growing season in Bordeaux and looks at how...
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An exceptional sweet wine made especially irresistible at the price. From £21.76, €27.60 and $264 a case of six bottles...
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A word of advice: give 2021 red bordeaux a wide berth. See also Jancis’s tasting articles on whites, right-bank reds...
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And news of the passing of Campanian trailblazer Walter Mastroberardino, shown above with his children Daniela and Paolo. Before I...
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This concludes our coverage of this year’s Southwold-on-Thames appraisal of the 2021 vintage. The tasters agreed that this was the...
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One of the most disappointing collections of red bordeaux in the annual Southwold-on-Thames series. See also this guide to our...
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The start of this year's Southwold tasting was the best bit. See detailed coverage of over 180 reds tomorrow and...
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Plus a promising new environmentally friendly technology for combating downy mildew, a common vineyard scourge around the world. Before I...
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The combination of an exciting vintage and low prices should be more appealing than it clearly is. High-scoring c ru...
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Not many professional tastings but an unusual number of lunches.
For logistical reasons I have to finish my diary a...
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Don't pour that ancient bottle of wine down the sink! Some of the corks from an evening described below that...
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