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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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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...
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Monday 1 September 2025
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Although some of the Bordelais returnees from it have managed to find the strength to release their 2007s, Hong Kong’s...
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We are currently designing the new, improved, go-faster forum. It will be a huge advance on the one we use...
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The revolving door has had quite a workout lately at West Coast wineries, with Joseph Phelps Vineyards stalwarts Tom Shelton...
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I am sent the following: New research by Chilean wine producer Montes has revealed a world scientific first – music...
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See Dr Richard Smart's reactions to this report here. My morning paper devotes the top half of its page 11...
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I suffered Haut-Brion poisoning on Monday, chiefly because of the over-generous provision of magnums of same the night before: a...
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You can see a couple of scenes of the recent Wine Creators conference in Ronda here in inside information, with...
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After my series of videos showing the media hard at work during Bordeaux primeurs week, I thought you might be...
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Giuseppe Sesti, who makes some fine, traditional Brunello di Montalcino at the Castello di Argiano, sends the following update on...
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We have recently received word of an astonishing new invention intent on revolutionising the world of wine. Russian scientists are...
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Tomorrow I will publish some enthusiastic tasting notes on a selection of top South African wines, some of which I...
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Really, you shouldn’t have… No sooner had I stepped off the plane here in Hong Kong than I got several...
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The annual offer of cult Napa Valley Cabernet Screaming Eagle’s latest vintage was mailed out at the end of last...
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The media concentrated on the gloom, doom and chill winds that were suppposed to have dominated the 2008 World Economic...
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This week’s Sonoma County scuttlebutt is that Constellation Brands, which purchased Fortune Brands’ Beam Wine Estates division in December for...
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Bordeaux, by which of course I mean those involved in wine in Bordeaux, is abuzz with speculation and downright panic...
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