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Ronan Sayburn MS, Sarah Abbott MW and Hannah Tovey at Icons tastings 2026
Free for all Tasting top Chardonnays blind

Take 27 Chardonnay ‘icons’ from around the world and serve them up to 18 accredited tasters … A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See...

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Rocca di Montegrosso bottle
Wines of the week A fragrant red with the brightness to match summer's last meals and the concentration to take the chill off autumn...
Outside Hot Shop
Nick on restaurants Nick and Jancis were given a warm welcome in Oslo this week. Three strong recommendations below. For herring My brother’s...
Dinner party with wine
Free for all A version of this article is published in an edition of the Financial Times Weekend magazine with a dinner-party theme...
La Rocca vineyard
Wines of the week A real classic this week. If you're based in the UK, take a look at the graph at the bottom...
Alsace sweetness scale
Free for all 21 September 2023 We are republishing Julia's 2021 article today because of the latest controversy in Alsace over sweetness and...
Pavyllon brigade
Nick on restaurants Three very different combinations of restaurant and hotel considered. Whether you see them as ‘hotel dining rooms’ or ‘restaurants within...
Marco Simonit with dead vine
Free for all King Vine Pruner visited Jancis in the Languedoc last month. A much shorter version of this account is published by...
Hermannshöhle vineyard
Wines of the week A keenly priced benchmark dry Riesling made by one of the oldest family wineries in Germany’s Nahe region and from...
Companion new edition
Free for all 4 December 2023 Julia talks about the new edition to Billy Galanko and Brady Weller of Vint Podcasts. Available via...
A bidder raises her paddle at the Willamette Valley Wine Auction; photo by Carolyn Wells-Kramer.
Free for all Wine auctions exclusive to members of the wine trade ('trade auctions'), common in the US, do more than move bottles...
Nick Harbour photographed by Jeff Burrows
Free for all We announced this year's competition in late March, started publishing selected entries in July, and now comes the dénouement. A...
Ana Dias
Nick on restaurants Restaurant rules, and a lamented London closure. As soon as we walked onto the shady terrace of the Grand Café...
Jasud Estate
Free for all Is this Napa's boldest or cheekiest enterprise? A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. ‘ The...
Haut Espoir
Wines of the week A fine pair from South Africa with quite a story. Cloudfall 2020 from R500, $18.99, £19.99 Gentle Giant 2017 from...
Jon Wyand and Lalou Bize-Leroy
Free for all 7 September 2023 Reminder: you have only until 8 am UK time this Monday 11 September to cast your vote...
Changyu bottle
Free for all Austrian Lenz Moser set out to prove a point. See also this detailed account of his taste-off. A version of...
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