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Join us for our 25th anniversary celebration tasting in London

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Everyone is now invited to this celebration of 25 years of JancisRobinson.com and 50 years of Jancis writing about wine, with 50 fabulous fizzes to sample on 16 November in London. But hurry! Only a few tickets remain.

The top 25 English wines now confirmed for this sparkling celebration on 16 November in London include prestige cuvées from Gusbourne (Fifty One Degrees North) and Nyetimber (1086), Sugrue’s Rosé Ex Machina, Chapel Down’s Grand Reserve, Black Chalk’s Inversion and many more. Tickets are selling fast (members of JancisRobinson.com are offered a discount code) so don’t miss out.

To mark 25 memorable years of JancisRobinson.com, we are gathering some of our favourite champagnes and English sparkling wines for a self-pour walkaround tasting on the evening of Sunday 16 November. 

You are invited to join us to meet the team and each other, and enjoy a tasting of 50 fantastic fizzes: half champagnes and half English sparkling wines (to demonstrate just how much has changed in the last 25 years). Our line-up features some of the most hallowed names. Here are just a few of the confirmed champagnes:

  • Louis Roederer, Cristal 2016
  • Dom Pérignon 2012
  • Krug, Grande Cuvée 172ème Édition
  • Vazart-Coquart, Spécial Club Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru 2016
  • Charles Heidsieck, Blanc de Millénaires 2014
  • Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne 2014
  • Larmandier-Bernier, Vieille Vigne du Levant Grand Cru Extra Brut 2014
  • Pol Roger, Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2013
  • Billecart-Salmon, Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon Rosé Brut 2012
  • Drappier, Grand Sendrée 2010
  • Bruno Paillard, NPU Nec Plus Ultra 2009

The English sparkling wines include:

  • Black Chalk, Inversion 777 Brut 2020
  • Breaky Bottom, Cuvée Peter Christiansen 2014
  • Coates & Seely, La Perfide Blanc de Noirs 2014
  • Chapel Down, Grand Reserve 2019
  • Domaine Hugo, Single Vineyard Brut Nature 2021
  • Evremond, Classic Cuvée NV
  • Gusbourne, 51 Degrees North 2016
  • Harrow & Hope, Blanc de Blancs 2020
  • Hundred Hills, Blanc de Noirs 2019
  • Nyetimber, 1086 Brut 2014
  • Rathfinny, Blanc de Noirs 2020
  • Roebuck, Rosé de Noirs 2018
  • Sugrue South Downs, Rosé Ex Machina 2018
  • Wiston, Blanc de Blancs 2018

It will be a suitably grand collection for such an auspicious celebration! And of course, they will all be served in Jancis’s top-quality mouth-blown glasses, supplied by Sensible Wine Services. To line our stomachs, a generous selection of canapés and finger food will be served by our trusty friends at Caravan in King’s Cross.

Tickets cost £200 per person, and we are offering members a £25 discount. Using your membership email address, please send a request for your personalised discount code to 25Years@JancisRobinson.com. Tickets are on sale now, and are sold on a first-come-first-served basis – so having a discount code does not guarantee you a ticket. Act fast!

WHAT 25th anniversary celebration tasting

WHEN 6.30–9.00 pm Sunday 16 November

WHERE Caravan King’s Cross, Granary Square, London N1C 4AA

HOW MUCH £200 for non-members, £175 for members (email [email protected] for your discount code to enter at checkout)

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