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Don't quote me 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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Don't quote me Moshe Cohen is based in Manchester, England. He had a small wine business from 1999 until 2007 when he decided...
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Don't quote me Tom Munro, finalist in our wine writing competition , offers this snapshot of a selection of independent Bordeaux vignerons who...
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Don't quote me 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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Don't quote me 26 September 2017 See a response from the Consorzio at the bottom of this article. 5 September 2017 Look out...
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Don't quote me Last Monday I told you about a very special lunch I enjoyed not long before leaving London for summer in...
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Don't quote me 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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Don't quote me In 2015, I mentioned a prize being offered to the first company that could create a wearable device that continuously...
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Don't quote me Andy Howard MW continues his series on the major UK retailers. See also his performance reviews of Aldi and Lidl...
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Don't quote me 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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Don't quote me Psychiatrist Olga Antoniadou was a popular, highly commended entrant in our recent wine writing competition. Here she profiles a hero...
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Don't quote me 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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Don't quote me Jancis writes Young Shi is my representative in China and, as a hard-working MW student, commutes between the UK, Shanghai...
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Don't quote me Neophyte Slovenian vigneron and dreamer Chris Boiling reveals his new strategy for succeeding in the wine world: keeping his fingers...
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