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Sweet and strong wines for the 2025 festive season
Go on, spoil yourself! A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . Above, my glasses being filled with Château d’Yquem 1975 at our celebratory dinner at...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 13 December 2025
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Sherry, port and Madeira in profusion. This is surely the time of year when you can allow yourself to take the plunge into these very special wines. I tasted quite...
Jancis Robinson
Friday 12 December 2025
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Jancis's diary – October 2025
Two fabulous weekends, and a lot of tasting. The Tuscan weekend is exemplified by the outdoor Sunday lunch pictured above (unthinkable in London). I write this just before taking off...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 3 November 2025
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Three 20-point wines are among these 29 exciting finds. Also included, the 2022 Ridge Monte Bello, from the vineyard pictured...
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Don't pour that ancient bottle of wine down the sink! Some of the corks from an evening described below that...
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When else are you going to drink them? Above, the sort of place (in this case the Sanchez Romate bodega)...
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The wines, and other drinks, that brought our critics the most joy, hope, solace and reassurance this year.
Sometimes a...
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Thoroughly modern Madeira (at least in branding) is among this month's eclectic Singapore selection. October was full of lessons learned...
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Part 2 of my report from Porto on an exciting tasting of wines made by winegrowers with strong convictions, most...
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A celebration of two decades of Anglo-Portuguese co-operation and restless innovation. Most wine producers make more or less the same...
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An incredible buy from this volcanic Portuguese island, ready for dinner any night of the week, from €10.80 or £16...
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A campaign launched to free Madeira from its before- and after-dinner status and put it straight on the dinner table...
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An exceptionally beautiful, enjoyable and informative guide to the wines of this dramatic Portuguese archipelago.
Madeira Wine Today
Jeroen Bronkhorst...
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15 December 2022 We're republishing this just for fun, with a few updates, and would welcome any further suggestions via...
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Please, please buy at least one of these strong recommendations. See my similar selections of fizz, whites and reds. A...
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I can't help believing that, in more ways than one, madeira at the quality end of the scale is nothing...
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With the festive season rapidly bearing down on us, these three books celebrate the best (and worst) of the drinks...
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Amazing sherry bargains, lovely but unloved sweet wines and some enthralling ports, which should be served in glasses larger and...
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Three tastings of amazing wines designed to last more than a century. How come we don't value them more?
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