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Floods hit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monarch Tractor shuttered, early budbreak in California
Plus, a trade deal for China and South Africa, falling French wine and spirits exports, a legal case in Australia. And congratulations to Andrew Jefford, awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 14 February 2026
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Wine news in 5
New French grape variety, Argentina's falling exports, UK's rising wine taxes
Plus updates on Facebook’s recommendation bans and New Zealand mining projects, and the passing of five influential wine-industry figures. Also, Concha y Toro set to take a majority stake in...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 7 February 2026
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The map is not the terroir – on Brittany
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Wednesday 4 February 2026
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As these wines are enthusiastically offered by the fine-wine merchants, we try to see through the hype, and include tasting...
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Alder on America
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29 December 2020 We're republishing free details of these three excellent new books about the world's biggest fine-wine region.
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A second, Académie du Vin Library edition of his autobiography is published today. Lucy Pope took this picture of Steven...
Nick on restaurants
Two weeks in France left Nick open-mouthed in admiration of the French.
Why do eating habits vary so enormously from...
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Today's competition entry is not the first article featuring sustainability that the author has written for JancisRobinson.com. 'Caro Feely is...
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Today's sustainability hero comes from the Loire and the competition entrant introduces herself thus: 'Allison Burton-Parker is the Marketing &...
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Robin Haworth writes: 'I am Paris-based and work in oil and gas. There are parallels between oil & wine, two...
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The next (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is from Alex Hill: 'I’m Alex. Like many in the...
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Robert Stanier is no stranger to our writing competitions, nor to our Members' forum, but for those who don’t know...
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Introducing her entry to our 2020 writing competition, Anna Hickson writes, 'My name is Anna and I hold the level...
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Roderick Smith MW offers us a deliciously escapist taste of Nice wine, together with these atmospheric images of Bellet.
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Engaged Purple Pager Jonathan Reeve, author of How to abstain (and author of a useful guide to wine tourism which...
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