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Don't quote me 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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Glass of Furmint, bowl of Hungarian goulash
Don't quote me There's a reason the Hungarians celebrate Furmint February : it may be the ultimate winter white. See the bowl of...
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Don't quote me A monthly despatch that's much shorter than expected. Jancis's current routine drink, above. Like many others, I’ve had a rather...
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Don't quote me A dramatic wine demands dramatic food. And that doesn’t mean ‘Asian’. On the global scale of wine crimes, the well-worn...
Vajra visitor centre
Don't quote me Some impressions from a memorable visit, also described in Drinking in Piemonte – wines and vintages 2011–2023 and The Barolofication...
JR.com 2023 Christmas dinner wide
Don't quote me What it says on the tin. Above, one view of the JancisRobinson.com Christmas dinner 2023. You can just pick out...
Glasses of wine at the Margaret River Wine Show
Don't quote me Behind the scenes at one of Australia's most desirable wine shows. Australia's wine shows are the bellwethers of the country's...
Graffiti on a Tbilisi wall highlights the aspirations of Georgians who see a better future with NATO and the EU than under the Russian yoke (Credit: Michael Karam)
Don't quote me Journalist and Lebanese wine expert Michael Karam considers how Georgia and Lebanon, two of the world’s oldest and most geopolitically...
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Don't quote me A new generation of born-and-bred Armenians – mostly women – is creating the most exciting chapter in Armenian wine yet...
Treloar Mourvedre vines in Roussillon
Don't quote me Following up on Tam's March visit to France's Roussillon, when the wild rocket and cherry trees were in full bloom...
Ch La Conseillante 2019
Don't quote me Nick Martin of Wine Hub puts this year's en primeur campaign in perspective. See also this guide to the Bordeaux...
Lost In A Field
Don't quote me For English Wine Week, Tam shares her new discoveries from an ever-evolving wine region. Itasca 'Young guns' has become an...
Roussillon - Treloar old-vine vineyards
Don't quote me With water in short supply, Roussillon's vintners are planning ahead. Above, one of Treloar's old-vine vineyards showing verdant ground cover...
Kocbek - pumpkin seed oil coming out the press
Don't quote me Pumpkin-seed oil as complex, terroir-reflective and delicious as great wine. The smell was rich in the air. Sweet, roasted, green...
top-scoring 2019s at the Southwold tasting
Don't quote me Overarching conclusions – and some bargains from this year's extensive, three-day blind tasting of all the bordeaux 2019s that matter...
Tavel and fish soup
Don't quote me 8 December 2022 You may have heard Tamlyn Currin chatting with Jancis on our first-ever podcast this week. Here, in...
2022 Napa harvest
Don't quote me No one should write off this smoke-shrunk vintage. There are apparently some beauties to be winkled out – from the...
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