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Jancis's diary – October 2025
Two fabulous weekends, and a lot of tasting. The Tuscan weekend is exemplified by the outdoor Sunday lunch pictured above (unthinkable in London). I write this just before taking off...
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Monday 3 November 2025
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Jancis's diary - September 2025
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
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Can anyone beat this for name-dropping?
If last month’s diary was a little short on action, this month’s is action-packed...
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Warning: this will be one of my shortest diaries ever as nothing much happens in August, I’m delighted to say...
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A month of contrasts.
After a busy start, life has really, really calmed down for me this month. Which is...
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A month in which the travel highlight was ballooning in Anatolia. We were not alone, as you can see.
We...
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After an encouraging start, the 2023 en primeur campaign ran out of steam, reports Nick Martin of Wine Owners –...
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A pairing that proves that sparkling wine can match just about anything – and a tip on a tool that...
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Fine-wine merchant Jan-Erik Paulson looks through his notebooks and shares his tasting notes on this famous Bordeaux first growth –...
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As action-packed as ever. Above: the crowd in Vintners' Hall for a session for Women in Wine London at the...
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Jan-Erik Paulson supplies another panoply of tasting notes on a famous Bordeaux château to complement his earlier Pichon Baron vertical...
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A lot of eating, a lot of travelling and a certain amount of visiting vineyards, including this rather difficult-to-manage one...
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Jan-Erik Paulson, semi-retired from his fine-wine company Rare Wine, has offered to share with us his experience of verticals of...
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Tastings, dinners and a lunch – this month none of them struck out in the diary, unlike January and February...
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Sure, Cabernet Sauvignon works well with lamb. But have you tried lamb with Verdejo?
The view from my desk right...
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Recuperation and an injection of 74-year-old camaraderie. Left to right above, Joanna Delaforce, Tim Littler, Tony Stebbings, Tim How, David...
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There's a reason the Hungarians celebrate Furmint February : it may be the ultimate winter white. See the bowl of...
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A monthly despatch that's much shorter than expected. Jancis's current routine drink, above.
Like many others, I’ve had a rather...
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