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Sweetener in French AOC wines, US diet guidelines updated, New Zealand free-trade deal
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 10 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Jancis's diary – November and December 2025
Jet lag, a bad cold, but somehow an awful lot of good wine was enjoyed. This diary is a double helping, covering late October to late December, because this particular...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 2 January 2026
• 1 min read
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The greatest-ever champagne vintage?
Andy Howard MW
Monday 15 December 2025
• 2 min read
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In 2006 the first branch of The Sampler wine shop in Islington broke new ground in wine retailing for London...
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It has come to my attention that JancisRobinson.com will soon be celebrating its tenth anniversary. I can hardly believe it...
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€18.50 It's always a pleasure to discover a new champagne producer and this one seems worthy of attention from some...
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From £39.95 (less than initially thought!) Find this wine Joseph Perrier is an unusual champagne house. Based many miles south...
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One year on... the tasting notes on half a century of Bollinger RD! Later that same day – Now with...
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I'm publishing this today to celebrate a rather terrifying birthday of mine. All in all, average quality in this collection...
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£14.99 Good to see UK posh supermarket Marks & Spencer getting into the champagne discounting mood with such an attractive...
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It's always interesting to monitor the latest champagne vintages and I've had a couple of chances recently: one tasting a...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. In champagne's major export markets, which...
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The following tasting notes were made last week at a blind tasting of 64 non-vintage and vintage champagnes organised by...
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21 May 2019 see Festive fizz 2018 for more up-to-date sparkling-wine bargains.
Written by Giles Fallowfield.
As I explained in...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Champagne is being used mercilessly by...
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Written by Giles Fallowfield. Champagne retail prices in France and the UK continue to fall, depressed by stocks at an...
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The UK pre-Christmas supermarket champagne wars are hotting up. See members' forum for comment on Morrisons supposed special deal on...
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Earlier this month a dozen of us gathered at London’s Connaught Hotel to taste a range of Pol Roger vintage...
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Olivier, the charming son of Henri, Krug was in London last Thursday to launch the second-ever vintage, 1996, of Krug’s...
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