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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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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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Strong wines aplenty here – all deserving of your attention.
Julia writes The Big Fortified Tasting, or BFT, has become...
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How can madeira decisively move into the twenty-first century?
Two things puzzled me on our visit to Madeira in December...
Travel tips
A third account of a miraculous (in many senses) holiday over the turn of the year from Tam, pictured above...
Travel tips
Last week Tam introduced us to her snatched holiday on the Atlantic island of Madeira. Now she gets down to...
Travel tips
Between draconian travel restrictions, Tam managed to squeeze in a trip to Madeira over Christmas. This is the first of...
Wines of the week
From €7.16, $11.99, £10.45, CA$24.99 Find this wine It seems a little out-of-kilter to be recommending a rosé in the...
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My final set of hand-picked recommendations follows those for fizz, white wines and red wines. A version of this article...
Wines of the week
Madeira, the cure-all wine.
From £18.99, €24.70, 733 Ukrainian hryvnia (50 cl), CA$49.08, AU$57.25, 948 Czech koruna, $42.99, 5,115 Japanese...
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In praise of my desert island wine. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times, and tasting...
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A tasting of Blandy's latest senior releases reminded me of how good madeira can be. So here is a selection...
Book reviews
A final round-up: family drama, an academic approach to history, glorious Burgundian visuals, undervalued treasures and – well – you...
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Take advantage of some of the best deals around. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
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This year, according to local lore, it is 600 years since the island of Madeira was discovered, one year after...
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An assortment of enthusiasm for wines that are far too widely under-appreciated. For more tasting notes in our spring 2019...
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This is the final part of our review of the Big Fortified Tasting (BFT) in London earlier this year. For...
Tasting articles
Julia writes Jancis and I both tasted some stunning madeiras in London late last year, Jancis at a Barbeito masterclass...
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