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Ferran and Jancis attempt to sum up the excitement of Spanish wine today in six glasses. A much shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...

Jancis Robinson Saturday 21 February 2026 • 1 min read

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Riesling really is renascent

I know I'm a bit monotonous on this subject but I really do think that at long last the tide...

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Some champagne bargains for Brits

Champagne has long provided good fodder for price wars between different wine retailers and this looks set to continue. The...

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Buy a Willi's Wine Bar poster for Windows of Hope

Willi's Wine Bar (13 rue des Petits Champs, Paris 75001, tel 01 42 61 05 09) has long been a...

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Australian consumers won over by screwcaps

One of the subjects most heatedly discussed on the British Circle of Wine Writers' internet forum is stoppers. A colleague...

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(Some) consumers prefer natural cork

Well what do you know? An international survey of wine drinkers commissioned by the Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR), showed that...

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Mondavi acquires Ornellaia

As forecast on this site many moons ago (wine news – 11 September 2001), Robert Mondavi has acquired the remaining...

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Comparing wine prices online – who's best

There's no doubt that one of the great boons of this revolution in information technology is www.jancisrob – sorry, not...

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Australian and New Zealand Riesling Tasting, January 2002

This tasting was organised by Boylen Publishing / Vinpac International and held at the Australian National Wine Centre on 22...

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Australia – what happened last week

Here's Tesco Wineman Phil Reedman's latest. He's wasting those reporting talents on buying wine for a British supermarket. M&A Bonanza...

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Edmund Penning-Rowsell – a long life in brief notes

Britain's longest-serving wine journalist. Born 16 March 1913 Son of Edmund Penning-Rowsell and Marguerite Marie-Louise Egan Parents divorced, educated Marlborough...

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Edmund Penning-Rowsell the host

Originally published in the Financial Times in December 2000. For a long-term subscriber to Marxism Today, Edmund Penning-Rowsell has always...

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Argentine wine – coping with the crisis

Argentina has suddenly become a delightfully inexpensive country to visit. See travel tips for some specific suggestions. See Argentine favourites...

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Argentine favourites

These were some of the most impressive wines I tasted in Argentina, listed in approximate ascending order of price. Please...

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Tesco.com try NZ Sauvignon Blanc again

The UK supermarket's online wine division www.tesco.com/winestore very cleverly drew attention to itself last year by offering tiny quantities of...