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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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I must admit that my general tone when describing the Bordeaux market is one of cynicism and scepticism, so it...
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I have a bit more detail on Foster's big sale from the company that is most famous for Penfolds, Lindemans...
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My spies tell me that one of Australia's finest winemakers has just been 'let go' by the large company that...
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A funny thing happened at the Riesling Master Tasting I was asked to host at Vinitaly a week ago. It...
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American investor Charles A Banks is on the prowl. He has now severed his links with cult Napa Valley winery...
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Forgive my obsession with the subject of wine writers. It is perhaps at least understandable since I am one. I...
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A few very brief observations before dashing off to taste. Have to be at Mouton by nine. You might like...
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Last week I went to a dinner given by Neville Abraham, founder of the distinctive 1980s wine merchant Les Amis...
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Do we care that the EU is reported to be set to allow pink wine to be made by simply...
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San Francisco barrel broker Mel Knox wrote this in 2001 and, in the noble spirit of recycling, has sent it...
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Leanne De Bortoli sends the following report from the heart of post-bushfires Yarra Valley. We have been and are still...
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You may (or if Burgundian may not) be amused by this picture of the label Australo-German Timo Mayer has chosen...
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Some Californian wine lovers are up in arms about a proposed increase in duty on wine in the state. Governor...
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One of the great difficulties of covering the current spate of burgundy 2007 tastings in London (which, complementing my and...
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It’s amazing what lengths one particular wine producer has apparently gone to in order to be able once more to...
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Update 30 Jun 2011: more insights in an animated discussion on the forum about why Chinese buy Lafite. You may...
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