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Shadows over northern California
Demand, and prices, are falling. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the view from Smith Madrone on Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain in early November...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 27 December 2025
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Wines to squirrel away
Some wine really does get better with age, and not all of it is expensive. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. One of...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 20 December 2025
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Sweet and strong wines for the 2025 festive season
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 13 December 2025
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Stealing a march on its rivals, the British supermarket chain Tesco have a fulltime member of its buying team, Master...
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My good friend Bob Campbell MW, New Zealand wine authority and online begetter of www.bobcampbell.co.nz, wrote to me recently because...
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Riccardo Cotarella, who already seems to make half the wine in Italy (Montiano, Falesco, Vitiano, and those are just his...
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Southern French wine farmers are in revolt again, but looking more and more exposed. California's one-off need for French bulk...
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The Peter Allan Sichel Memorial Lecture, Vintners' Hall, London was delivered by Michel Laroche on 29 January 2002. A land...
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Virginwines.com based in London are reputedly one of the more successful online wine retailers so far. To prove they'll do...
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A few highlights from my amazingly brief but incredibly concentrated tour of some top wine producers in Chile. At the...
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I must say that my first reaction back in cyber prehistory three or four years ago was that this nebulous...
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(originally published in the Financial Times in April 1999) Champagne Charlies, those lounge lizards whose job it is to sell...
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Considering it's just off the road between Wodonga and Wangaratta, Beechworth ended up with a pretty anodyne name. But then...
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The last wines from the 2001 vintage are only just starting to ferment. They are horribly difficult to make, can...
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The following fascinating report has just been sent to me by Anne Popoff, a Canadian wine lover currently working in...
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Note to non-Brits: do check out the Burgundy merchants cited below and those in my special Burgundy 2000 feature. I...
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Detailed tasting notes and ratings of individual wines are available on the purple pages. It is rare that any Burgundy...
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Here in Hong Kong they tell me there's a recession on, but you'd hardly know it to judge from all...
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Should you receive an invitation to invest in wine, especially if it comes from an outfit which is not known...
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