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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 Contrasting views on a new movie with a wine-related theme, from wine writer Maggie Rosen and from Jancis. Maggie Rosen...
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Don't quote me This week Samantha gets some devastating news and has to decide what to do. This week seemed to bring more...
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Don't quote me A fight, and some better news in Italy. Katia Nussbaum continues her Tuscan wine producer's diary. Click on the Katia's...
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Don't quote me Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum on hair dye, tying up young vines, keeping apart within one household and disappearing eggs in...
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Don't quote me In which things become even more personally worrying for Katia. For previous diary entries, click on the Katia's diary tag...
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Don't quote me Katia Nussbaum continues her daily diary under lockdown in Italy with some of her family at her Montalcino estate, San...
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Don't quote me More from Katia Nussbaum in Montalcino as she tries to navigate her way through lockdown. Click on the Katia's diary...
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Don't quote me Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum continues her very personal diary during lockdown at her estate. See days 1 and 2 for...
Jan Paulson, Serena Sutcliffe MW, Michael Broadbent and Stephen Browett at a Hardy Rodenstock tasting in the late 1980s
Don't quote me Some more memories of the expert on wine tasting. See also memories from others at the bottom of this article...
Andrea Costanti in Montalcino
Don't quote me Walter picks over what’s good and bad about this latest vintage. See his t asting notes on 127 regular bottles...
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Don't quote me A foretaste of Scharzhofberger Trockenbeerenauslese 2018, and what's going on in German wine. Egon Müller was in London last Friday...
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Don't quote me This year’s Outstanding WSET Alumnus (pictured) asked the eight Masters of Wine most closely associated with Spain to nominate five...
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Don't quote me Walter, an ex art history student, muses on the current, fluid state of Italian wine. The natural wine debate has...
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