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Madeira – the great survivor
But how long will Madeira, one of the great fortified wines, survive tourist development on this extraordinary Atlantic island? A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 10 January 2026
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Burgundy 2024 – UK merchants making offers
Information about UK merchants offering 2024 burgundy en primeur. Above, a pair of ‘brouettes’ for burning prunings, seen in the Richebourg Grand Cru in Vosne-Romanée (photo by Jon Wyand). We...
Team JR
Thursday 8 January 2026
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How to drink less wine
De-alcoholised wine is a poor substitute for the real thing. But there are one or two palatable alternatives. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 3 January 2026
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Paul Symington provides this update on the fortunes of the recent Douro Valley grape harvest. This year we had a...
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Courtier Charles Sydney sends the following report on the 2013 harvest in the Loire, written on 17 October. Looking out...
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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc sends this report. For the lead in to this end-of-harvest report, see his pre-harvest report...
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This week we have two themes: Walter's manifold reports based on his stay in Puglia as a participant in Radici...
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The harvest report below was supplied by the Champagne Bureau and therefore – perhaps unsurprisingly – tells of a high-quality...
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For details of events planned elsewhere for the rest of the year, mostly in London, see Where to find us...
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I'm just back from a week's immersion in California wines thanks to the 'Wine Summit' organised by the California Wine...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See my tasting notes on all...
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Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc writes:A complicated year, a complicated harvest. After a fraught growing season in 2013 (see my...
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Of course these lists of top restaurants are extremely questionable. How on earth do you compare, just for instance, a...
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7 Oct - News just in: on publication day a decision has been taken to reprint already, so enthusiastically has...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. 'I'm not a consultant', insists Rosa...
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2 Oct later - French silliness rules! The case against Olivier has been put back until 5 March 2014. More...
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It was while visiting Tenuta San Guido, the Tuscan estate responsible for Sassicaia, that I realised the extraordinary fact that...
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