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Strengthening US wine labelling, new EU trade deals, market reports, more bottles lighten up
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 30 January 2026
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25th anniversary tasting of mature Australian wines in Tokyo
Join Richard Hemming MW in Tokyo for a benchmark tasting of mature Margaret River wines. Celebrate 25 years of JancisRobinson.com and the launch of our Japanese site as we build...
Team JR
Wednesday 28 January 2026
• 2 min read
Travel tips
Japan wine – a trip through Nagano
Yoko Obara highlights what’s p ossibly the most exciting wine region in Japan today. An ever-growing range of wineries here are building on a history that reaches back to the...
Guest contributor
Wednesday 3 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Among the many clouds that have characterised this damp, cool and...
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Koshu of Japan seems to be making real inroads into the UK. Yesterday's tasting at the Imagination Gallery in London...
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Cher Lim writes: It's late November and time for Beaujolais Nouveau 2010. So far in Asia it is still mainly...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. When I started out writing about...
Tasting articles
I know that at the moment many wine lovers will be seeking news of Châteaux in south-west France. That will...
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Those of you who have never heard of the Japanese grape variety about which I wrote on Saturday in Koshu...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . 'Japan, wine exporter' has a...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. The second course of our dinner at the Tawaraya ryokan, a...
Don't quote me
Here's how to feel important. Go to Yamanashi prefecture in Japan, where 95% of all Japanese Koshu grapes are grown...
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Further to my trailed pilgrimage east in I'm awfff, Nick and I did not get off to the greatest of...
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After months of speculation, leading importer and distributor of wine in China ASC announced earlier today that the majority stake...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times . Dinner at Robata Honten and Mikawa, on my last two...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. The kitchen at RyuGin (The Singing Dragon) was immaculate just before...
Travel tips
Most unusually, it's been some time since I have seen my husband. Well before I got back from more than...
Don't quote me
Is there no end to Berry Bros’ imperialistic ambitions? Not content with owning most of St James’s in London, they...
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The Japanese wine market is evolving steadily with more education and global awareness, but Japan remains a modest wine-consuming country...
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