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Of shelter and exposure in the Corbières
Chris Howard contemplates the precarious balance of water, weather and vines in France’s Languedoc. Late summer sun beats down on the red valley, but we’re in the shade of the...
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Wednesday 25 February 2026
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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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Friday 2 January 2026
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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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At some point in the great history of the human race, somebody figured out that the ideal serving of a...
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The other night I undertook a small experiment. New Zealand wine producers Vidal, part of the Villa Maria group, had...
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Tai-Ran Niew, a refugee from the world of finance most recently based in Washington DC, now considering a career in...
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Well, I could introduce myself, but Jancis does that here and anyway I would rather tell you what I like...
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Brian Croser, founder of Petaluma and senior figure in Australian wine, muses on last week's wine symposium in the nation's...
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I did report here that Bruno Borie of Ch Ducru Beaucaillou would be cementing his reputation as a lover of...
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I spent last weekend in Washington, DC, playing a small role in an annual fundraiser for the American Heart Association...
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This week has been a busy one for tastings in London. I went to two on both Tuesday and Wednesday...
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Moët et Chandon launched a new addition to their portfolio this week: the world’s first Champagne ‘specifically designed to be...
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One of the questions I am asked most frequently is 'do wine tasters have to avoid certain foods?' I'm naturally...
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There are many impressive things about Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant voted best in the world for the second time in...
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Castel, the biggest and dreariest Bordeaux-based wine company, is buying Patriarche, the biggest and dreariest Burgundy-based wine company. A marriage...
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I finally made it to Heston Blumenthal's new restaurant Dinner overlooking the park from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London...
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