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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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As I explained here, we celebrated the start of the New Year on Jan 1 rather than Dec 31 with...
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As I explained here , we got back from our family holiday only on Saturday night 29 Dec. On 25...
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The EU wine reform, officially summarised here, was, inevitably, a compromise. The original proposals (downloadable here) put forward by EU...
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ACNielsen, the company that began telling Americans what their neighbours were watching on tv in the 1960s, is in the...
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7 Dec – see here for a revised version of this story. Tesco’s wine supremo Dan Jago was recently invited...
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Back home in London under an avalanche of samples sent for review, it is strange for me to reflect on...
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Well, well, well, Michelin finally gets round to Tokyo and, as ever, the publicity that ensues seems to be for...
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Most unusually, last week I caught sight of two new, very high profile London restaurants before my esteemed husband and...
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Yesterday I went to Milan to taste the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux’s showing of the glamorous 2005 bordeaux...
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The California rumour mill is turning extra fast at the moment with whispers that Beam Wine Estates, the company created...
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Does the world really need another Riedel stem? Oregon winemakers thought so, Georg Riedel of Riedel Glas Austria eventually agreed...
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Australian viticulturist Dr Richard Smart, deeply critical of a recent conference on climate change held in Chicago, directed me last...
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To celebrate 130 years of its unique yellow colour, Veuve Clicquot tell me they have created the limited edition and...
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Most companies like to bury bad news but if there’s one thing that Oddbins, the UK chain of once-quirky wine...
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Of all non European wine-producing countries, South Africa has most energetically hung its hat on the concept of terroir. Not...
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