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Don't quote me Jancis's diary – January 2026

January is always a heavy month for professional wine tastings. This year Jancis fortified herself beforehand. 2026 got off to a truly delightful start when Nick and I spent the...

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Don't quote me ‘But black kale, or cavolo nero, is a different beast. The leaves look like the frosted plumes of an exotic...
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Don't quote me Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what his own palate tells him. Tasting notes to...
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Don't quote me Back in 2018, when Jancis suggested in Beaujolais – a useful alternative to burgundy that beaujolais was ‘a great choice...
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Don't quote me Not quite enough, thinks Andy Howard MW. But he still finds 15 wines to recommend, many of them great value...
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Don't quote me Arnica Rowan wrote this tale of rural life just after pouring this magnum on Canadian Thanksgiving Day last month and...
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Don't quote me Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey… So goes the first line of the well-covered 1961 song by the...
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Don't quote me A gin that challenges the clichéd pairings. It’s such an entwined pair that it’s one of the few drinks that...
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Don't quote me Matthew Hayes charts the rise and rise of burgundy prices, which he describes as '0 to 60 in 15 years'...
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Don't quote me Tam discovers exactly what does and doesn't go with beaujolais in a sequel to her other recent food-and-wine pairing articles...
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Don't quote me The third of Tam's current series on food and wine pairings is especially for those suffering through yet another 2021...
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Don't quote me Can it be done? Bond says it can. The second of Tam's current series on food and wine matching. See...
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Don't quote me In the first of four articles on food and wine matching, our queen of the table turns her attention to...
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Don't quote me Things are looking up for the UK retail behemoth and its wine-loving customers, as its competitor Morrisons falls into American...
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Don't quote me Andy picks out the plums and identifies the prunes in the current range of his ex-employer. M&S was one of...
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