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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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The 2010 Barolo vintage, which was received with much excitement earlier this year, especially in the United States, was, as...
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27 June 2014: In response to my final comment below, about the Bachelet 2009s, Bill Nanson tells me that the...
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Taste for yourself if you're around London next month. See this offer for Purple Pagers. Now that the dust has...
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Yohan Castaing writes:The book Vino Business has caused quite a stir in the world of wine since its recent publication...
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Walter's tasting notes on the Amarone 2010s are now published.
This year's presentation of the new Amarone 2010 vintage, tasting...
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See also Walter's wine-by-wine review of the just-released 2009 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino and the 2008 Riservas, including a...
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On Friday Stephan Reinhardt (pictured here by Martin Hemmi) announced that he had resigned as the chief editor of Swiss-German...
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See also Bordeaux 2013 – Parker delays primeurs verdict.
Négociants in Bordeaux are facing a worrying Christmas and 2014, according...
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On Wednesday last week the German Wine Institute and the German Embassy hosted a Fellowship of Riesling evening at Vintners'...
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See my tasting notes on all these wines in Four decades of California Cabs.I'm sure all of us wine lovers...
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See our autumn collection of Bordeaux tasting notes. Yohan Castaing writes:The period before the en primeur campaign is always a...
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Australian wine luminary and wine producer (ex Petaluma, now Tapanappa) Brian Croser issues a cri de coeur about the state...
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Written by Nick Bartman.
At any one time, legitimately manufactured original goods sit in warehouses or float around the world...
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The Magnificent Seven may be the name of the 1960 western directed by John Sturges, but in the following article...
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Hugh Johnson and I were in New York last week to ensure that the new 7th edition of The World...
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Last June during a visit to Puglia I was reminded again of how privileged we wine writers are. I was...
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