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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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Monday 2 February 2026
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Jancis's diary – November and December 2025
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Michel Laroche has made a major move into South Africa by acquiring L'Avenir winery and 70 ha of well-established Stellenbosch...
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The British nearly-monthly Decanter is very pleased to announce that it is launching a special dedicated Asian edition, the first...
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I thought purple pagers might enjoy an insight into the domestic life of perhaps the most fanatical and fastidious wine...
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In Britain there is increasing excitement among traders and lovers of fine wine at the looming changes to the UK...
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The Champenois are horrified but the French in general were the first to congratulate the European Commission on the wine...
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Last Monday’s Montrose-athon – 37 vintages back to 1880 over lunch and dinner at Taillevent in Paris (I know, I...
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[For the long and fascinating correspondence that has resulted from this, see your turn.] David Schildknecht was moved by one...
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I'm indebted to my friend and colleague Gerald Asher for drawing my attention to this great report from the LA...
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Autumn has come early to Europe, as Steve Dutton reports. Here in the Languedoc temperatures have plummeted, blankets have been...
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At last comes the not-so-surprising news that Brian Croser, Australian wine’s most prominent and certainly most cosmopolitan industry figure, is...
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