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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...
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Monday 3 November 2025
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Jancis's diary - September 2025
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A working knowledge of cricket would be an asset for readers of this lament by our man in Burgundy. Above...
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James Mayor reports from northern Portugal on a brave attempt to solve the problems of the Douro, against which too...
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Two travel series, superficially similar, reviewed.
One of the unexpected upsides of the 2020 lockdown was watching Stanley Tucci making...
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The other side of the argument re VMCs. Above, the Results team at a go-kart team-building exercise (see below).
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Does the wine industry need to re-think its relationship with soil? The Regenerative Viticulture Foundation suggests that it does.
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Tim Hall of Scala Wine shares news, views and tips from this year’s reprised Champagne Week, Le Printemps des Champagnes...
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Walter alerts us to the recent creation of the delle Venezie DOC, Europe’s largest, and the benefits that have accrued...
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And specifically those of Washington State – one of which, Columbia Valley, encompasses 11 million acres.
In 1980, the US...
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The case for putting the Willamette Valley's eggs in more than one basket. Above, David Hill winery and vineyard's proud...
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A love letter to Oregon's hands-on wine industry…
As your Pacific Northwest specialist, I strive to be objective. But when...
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An energised Sam reports on the highs and lows of her first meeting with fellow first-year Master of Wine students...
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Veteran of 52 vintages and the varying weather they have exhibited, Brian Croser, of Tapanappa in South Australia, wonders whether...
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‘But black kale, or cavolo nero, is a different beast. The leaves look like the frosted plumes of an exotic...
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An opening gambit from our new executive editor US on the pluses and minuses of California wine's stylistic evolution.
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