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Ferran with many bottles of Rioja tasted at the Consejo Regulador
Inside information Rioja at 100 – a personal look

Ferran finds Rioja as vibrant as it has ever been over its hundred-year existence as Spain’s preeminent wine region. In 2025, Rioja celebrated its centenary, and to mark the anniversary...

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Inside information Continuing our series written by Jim Law of Linden Vineyards, Virginia (in green in the picture). In the vineyard Finally...
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Inside information Last month, several dozen MW students went to Bordeaux for their second-year seminar week, just as I did in 2011...
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Inside information February was another bumper month for our tasting note database, with 894 wines scoring 17 or above. Of those, two...
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Inside information Yohan Castaing writes: The French businessman, Jacky Lorenzetti, backer of the Parisian rugby team Racing Metro inter alia, has bought...
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Inside information Richard reports on his first-ever visit to the Napa Valley – last week, the lucky so and so, while the...
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Inside information For the rest of our Rhône 2011 collection, take a look at our guide, which has a full list of...
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Inside information Last week, I unleashed my survey, the research cornerstone upon which my dissertation will be built. My concern now is...
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Inside information The tasting year began in JancisRobinson.com in the usual fashion, with close to 2,000 new notes on the 2011 vintage...
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Inside information I promised I'd follow up my first set of Vignettes from Côte de Nuits and Vignettes from London with some...
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Inside information Jim Law of Linden Vineyards in Virginia sends this report of northern hemisphere activities this month. In the vineyard January...
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Inside information Sad news Sad news for lovers of fine German Pinot Noir comes from the Ahr Valley, where Gerd Stodden, one...
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Inside information James Swann is an independent wine broker based in London, trading mainly in fine and rare wines, although he also...
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Inside information Yohan Castaing writes: The new 2012 St-Émilion classification, which created a buzz in September, has now been challenged by three...
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Inside information I managed to have an entire conversation the other day without mentioning the d-word once. It was quite a revelation...
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Inside information As usual, tasting notes were stuffed into our groaning database like presents into a stocking here on JancisRobinson.com in December...
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Inside information Walter is currently in Tuscany tasting 2008 Brunellos like crazy for our delectation. His notes and recommendations will follow later...
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