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Jancis's diary - September 2025
Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 1 October 2025
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As is well known, my assistant Julia Harding MW is amazing in all sorts of ways – not least for...
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Just received the following from Nigel Greening of Felton Road, arguably New Zealand’s most admired Pinot Noir producer: “I felt...
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I had been planning to devote this Saturday’s column to an interview with Jean-Luc Naret, the editor-in-chief of the Michelin...
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A most amusing story on the front page of today’s Off Licence News. Every January the highly successful UK wine...
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Berry Bros’ annual burgundy tasting yesterday in a giant marble hall close to Westminster Abbey was more of a formality...
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People like Dominique Lafon, Christophe Roumier and Jean-Marie Fourrier are thoroughly normal, 21 st century young(ish) men. They travel the...
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Had a wonderfully warm welcome from Canadians in the near-zero temperatures of Toronto, and only one question among scores along...
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That's it, folks! Oh well, I suppose I'd better suggest my pick of what they're offering: Dom de la Colombette...
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Hi Jancis, In 2003 we were presented with a beautiful baby granddaughter. On holidays in Saint Emilion the following year...
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