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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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Tim Hall, British champagne specialist and importer of what he describes determinedly as 'single-estate' champagnes, reports on a ground-breaking day...
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Moshe Cohen is based in Manchester, England. He had a small wine business from 1999 until 2007 when he decided...
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See Sicily 2017 – the guide for all the fascinating articles in this series. There is a group of tiny...
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Andy Howard MW kicks off his autumn series reviewing the current wine offerings from UK supermarkets with a report on...
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Tom Munro, finalist in our wine writing competition , offers this snapshot of a selection of independent Bordeaux vignerons who...
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Tom Munro, pictured here at Ch Tire Pé, which he describes as ' trailblazer in the shift towards Bordeaux's nineteenth-century...
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Last Monday I told you about a very special lunch I enjoyed not long before leaving London for summer in...
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Just after the anniversary of the failed coup against Turkey's hard-line premier Erdogan, architect Umay Çeviker, who has written for...
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In 2015, I mentioned a prize being offered to the first company that could create a wearable device that continuously...
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Andy Howard MW continues his series on the major UK retailers. See also his performance reviews of Aldi and Lidl...
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As promised in our Members' forum, here is Andy Howard MW's review of a recent media tasting chez Waitrose, where...
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Psychiatrist Olga Antoniadou was a popular, highly commended entrant in our recent wine writing competition. Here she profiles a hero...
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Retail specialist Andy Howard MW continues his series assessing the UK's major wine retailers. See his reports on Morrisons, Aldi...
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Andy Howard MW continues his series of tasting reports on the spring offerings from the UK's major supermarkets. See also...
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