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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...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 3 November 2025
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Jancis's diary - September 2025
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
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Jancis's diary – August 2025
Hot, hot, hot – and much quieter than usual. Above, one of Sylt’s many (delightfully cool) beaches. This month’s diary will be shorter than usual because I did very little...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 1 September 2025
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This article by Andy Lloyd is the fifth in an irregular season of features written by previous winners of the...
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Emily O'Hare has been working in the wine industry since 2004 – as a tour guide at Vinopolis, a waitress...
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Bartholomew Broadbent, son of Michael, runs a leading American wine importer, Broadbent Selections, Inc. He also makes Port, Madeira and...
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No, this is not about Jancis' old book on grape varieties [Vines, Grapes & Wines, 1986] (nor the new one...
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This article is the second in an irregular season of features written by previous winners of the Young Wine Writer...
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Now the dust has settled, we begin a series of articles looking back at the 2010 en primeur campaign in...
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Labelling of wine has long been a contentious issue, and has certainly been discussed at length on this site (see...
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For over 200 tasting notes on every conceivable style and variety of Alsace wines, see Alsace – 10 top producers...
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This article begins an irregular season of features written by previous winners of the Young Wine Writer Award.
Rebecca Gibb...
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See the introduction to this five-part series here . Last, but not least, is Atrio. Atrio is in Cáceres, which...
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See the introduction to this five-part series here . I wish Monvinic were in my city rather than 600 kilometres...
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See the introduction to this five-part series here. Villa Mas is quite a different animal. Certainly an unusual one. It...
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See yesterday's introduction and first favourite restaurant here. Celler de Can Roca is probably my overall favourite restaurant in Spain...
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I wonder if English sparkling now needs its own appellation? Ridgeview once had the idea of using the word Merret...
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This is the first of this week's five-part guide to the best restaurant wine lists in Spain by our Spanish...
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Richard has written the introduction to our joint account of tasting some of the summer selections at Majestic, the successful...
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