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Wine news in 5 Wildfires in Chile, New Zealand floods, South Africa starts harvest, Prosecco sales strong

Also: the WHO calls for raised alcohol taxes; more tariff drama; Champagne sales decline, and protests continue at Moët Hennessy. Above, fires still rage in South Africa. Photo by David...

Samantha Cole-Johnson Friday 23 January 2026 • 1 min read

Wine news in 5 Sweetener in French AOC wines, US diet guidelines updated, New Zealand free-trade deal

Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 10 January 2026 • 1 min read

Don't quote me 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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Two great champagne vintages – 1995 and 1996

See wine news for my overview of a fascinating recent tasting of champagnes from these two unusually good vintages. The...

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1996 – a great year for champagne

Non-vintage champagne may increasingly be regarded as a commodity to lure bargain hunters into unfamiliar supermarkets or reward assiduous salespersons...

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Which champagnes to buy for millennial celebrations

(originally published in the Financial Times in April 1999) Champagne Charlies, those lounge lizards whose job it is to sell...

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Roederer Cristal, Krug, Dom Pérignon – and another luxury cuvée

My first day back at work after the summer break consisted of a trip to Reims to taste a vertical...

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Jean-Claude Rouzaud of Roederer considers '95 one of the great vintages, and prefers '89 to '90 which can be very...