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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...
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Monday 2 February 2026
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Jancis's diary – November and December 2025
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Andy Howard MW continues his tour of the UK's supermarket wine aisles with a look at Waitrose, whose regular 25%...
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Nick wrote this cri de coeur about wine packaging last night, when still furious with two French wine producers. Last...
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Andrew Licudi, who commutes between Gibraltar and Edinburgh and wrote this recent competition entry, laments the passing of classical rioja...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW has a soft spot for a once-great name. Oddbins' wines are likely to be...
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Andy Howard MW continues his series reviewing the wines available at UK supermarkets. See also Sainsbury's unmerged and Aldi forges...
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The second part of Walter’s two-part exposition of what Tuscany’s core wine region has to offer today. You can taste...
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The first part of Walter’s two-part survey of recent changes in Tuscany’s emblematic wine region. See Chianti Classico's return to...
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The second in Andy Howard MW's series reviewing the wines available at UK supermarkets as well as the companies' overall...
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Caro Feely, who wrote this article on organic viticulture , her specialist subject, reviews a book on pesticide residues in...
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In the first of his seasonal series on the wine offerings of UK supermarkets, Andy Howard MW reviews the current...
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See also A foretaste of this year's German auction wines. The VDP auctions on 21 and 23 September in Trier...
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There is a Facebook group called Country Woodsmoke. Its surprisingly diverse members are people as much into outdoor cooking as...
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See this guide for links to all the articles in our 2018 coverage of rosé wines. Lesson learned: don’t underestimate...
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This is the third and last summer despatch from our retail specialist Andy Howard MW. See also his reports on...
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Jonathan Reeve of Wine Owners, who assembled the proto-prices table in What price Bordeaux 2017?, sums up this year’s Bordeaux...
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This is the second of Andy Howard MW's reviews of the current offerings from some of the more important UK...
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