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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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I finally made it to the annual get-together of European wine communicators organised by Ryan and Gabriella Opaz and Robert...
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Roederer launch a new champagne and a new partner. Head of Champagne Louis Roederer Frédéric Rouzeau and winemaker Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon...
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Member Marcus Ford of Pudao Wines writes about his experiences of the blind tastings of the latest wines of Ningxia...
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See Tam's 36 tasting notes and her explanation of them.From a region respected for its glorious voices (cue Pavarotti), its...
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In a recent article Jancis called on this year's crop of science graduates, pointing out, 'Scientists, you would not believe...
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I popped over to Bordeaux yesterday for the funeral of Philippine de Rothschild at Château Mouton-Rothschild, a gathering of well...
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What a shock to learn that Baroness Philippine de Rothschild died aged 80 last night. She always seemed so vital...
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See part 1. The biggest change to Carcassonne's outdoor market in the Place Carnot this summer was immediately obvious. Even...
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Those who read my paean of praise a year ago to the charms of the market in the Place Carnot...
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Michael Schmelzer, who runs the Chianti Classico estate Monte Bernardi in Panzano, writes: When it first became official that the...
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Some Bastille Day thoughts from Nick. Schadenfreude, joy provoked by the misery of others, is not a sentiment many of...
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In How to be a wine faker, I argued that the most effective way for wine counterfeiters to establish their...
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At the launch of Graham's Ne Oublie last week I was asked by a Portuguese television interviewer what I thought...
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Ancient wood-aged port? Check. Late nineteenth century pedigree? Check. Hand-crafted presentation box? Check. Bespoke crystal decanter? Check. Scottish stopper? Check...
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Everything is relative. Take, for example, scoring 20/20. For eyesight it’s considered merely normal; for wine it is anything but...
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Tamlyn Currin is our queen of the tasting notes database, now nearly 100,000-strong, and does a wonderful job doing her...
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