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2022 bordeaux four years on – white wines
The first of three reports on this year’s blind tasting of significant four-year-old bordeaux. See Bordeaux 2022 – a guide for everything we’ve published on this vintage. Above, Tom Parker...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 9 February 2026
• 3 min read
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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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You’ve heard of wine aged in barrels, steel vats, amphorae – even at the bottom of the ocean. That’s nothing...
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Every year a group of wine traders and commentators, very similar to the Southwold tasters, get together to taste the...
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Last Thursday I enjoyed a sentimental reunion with some well-known old workmates, the first in 12 years. Longstanding Purple Pagers...
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Bordeaux resident and wine writer Yohan Castaing describes two very different new establishments. For a long time Bordeaux did not...
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17 Jul 2014 – We are going to preface the titles of our Throwback Thursday republications with 'TT' if the...
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Yohan Castaing of Bordeaux reminded me to pass on news of this latest property transaction in Bordeaux. But see also...
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I happen to have tasted four interesting dry white bordeaux recently and feel rather heartened by them. In journalistic terms...
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Tamlyn Currin is our queen of the tasting notes database, now nearly 100,000-strong, and does a wonderful job doing her...
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The most elusive skill required for tasting en primeur Bordeaux is an understanding of how the wines will evolve. This...
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The great treat last weekend was celebrating a wine-loving friend's half-century with nine wines from his birth year. As Bordeaux...
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See Sixty vintages under his belt for a profile of the late Thierry Manoncourt, the spirit of Ch Figeac.
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