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Jancis's diary – February 2026
A short month in London with just one sortie, to Barcelona for 48 hours. Nick took this picture of Jancis and Ferran Adrià of El Bulli. On the first of...
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Monday 2 March 2026
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Of shelter and exposure in the Corbières
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Wednesday 25 February 2026
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19 Nov – See more details about the composition of Armand de Brignac cuves kindly supplied by Tom Stevenson after...
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I thought you might be interested to read this in conjunction with Richard's tasting notes on Laithwaites current wines, many...
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The last couple of days have seen a flurry of announcements in France and California in which the big get...
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Maine, the state in which ex-president/ex-drinker George W Bush's family has a summer home, has a new embarrassment – a...
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The Frenchman who encouraged me to brush my teeth immediately after tasting his wines, as described yesterday in The French...
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I had a particularly novel experience yesterday. I spent much of the morning in a white, modern, air conditioned tasting...
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Who'd want to work for Constellation? Perhaps it's inevitable that the world's biggest wine company is also proving to be...
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‘It would be endless to mention how many good judges of wine were deceived by my wine, and thought it...
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22 Jul update – By the time I flew out of Okanagan yesterday late afternoon, all the fires seemed to...
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Oh dear. In a few hours' time I'm supposed to set off on a very brief visit to the Most...
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Jeremy Palmer, managing director of Lay & Wheeler since the company was acquired by Majestic, announces that his old fine...
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I am completely re-evaluating my collection of wine memorabilia in the light of the news that empty bottles that once...
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I went to 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister’s official residence, for the first time last night, to a...
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See my survey of 1999 red bordeaux later this week, and feel free to add a comment below. For many...
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It's obvious that the recession has crippled wine sales at the high end, at least in the United States. Americans...
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Yesterday we published a video record of where Frédéric Engerer, president of Ch Latour, was last weekend (see Latour in...
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