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Jancis's diary – June 2026
A month that developed into one of cancellations and medications. Some older readers may remember the late Robin Kernick as the charmer of Corney & Barrow. I have his son...
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One of Britain's more moribund wine specialist retailers Unwins announced yesterday the launch of a potentially exciting and revitalising initiative...
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I thought you might like to know which were the most popular wines with the room of 50 tasters when...
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I hope you will not be surprised if I say that until today I have never ever received a cheque...
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Quite extraordinary what you learn from a morning’s reading. In Beirut now, according to the FT magazine, there is now...
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Amid France's current spate of introspective navel-gazing about the dire state of the market for French wine both at home...
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Perhaps I was moving in extremely selective circles during my recent trip to the West Coast but I kept coming...
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Britain's most famous supermarket – sorry, upmarket retailer – has an Italian promotion on at the moment, offering 20%off all...
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The American wine market seems to me even more plagued by generalisations – especially those pertaining to vintage assessments. The...
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The formidable chatelaine of Ch Pichon Lalande, May-Eliane de Lencquesaing has been in love with South Africa for some time...
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Well I did have my lunch with Paul Symington, as trailed at the end of my piece on Port v...
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Last week I dropped in on the Hungarians' annual London tasting, in what I believe is the capital's finest setting...
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To continue my theme of examining wines for drinkability (see wine news), I thought for once I'd report briefly on...
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To continue my theme of examining wines for drinkability (see wine news), I thought for once I'd report briefly on...
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A report in yesterday's edition of the redoutable trade weekly Off Licence News (never far from my bedside) highlights the...
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At a tasting of Australian white wines for British Airways last week I was really quite shocked at how old...
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As I said in your turn not too long ago, I took part in a particularly esoteric tasting recently –...
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