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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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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The Portuguese are on a roll. Their football prowess...
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This is the third and final part of my review of the Portuguese wines I have tasted over the last...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See tasting notes on more than 50 particularly...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. We all at JancisRobinson.com wish you the happiest and...
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I hope Compton Mackenzie will forgive me for hijacking the title of his 1947 novel about whisky ship-wrecked off a...
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This is a much longer version of an article also published by the Financial Times. In the three sets of...
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It has become almost an annual tradition that the top Madeira wine producers – Barbeito, Blandy's (The Madeira Wine Company)...
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See this guide to all our autumn collections. Below are some of the best-value wines we have come across in...
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Read more in Truly fortifying. As Alex wrote in Putting wine in context, we were both lucky enough to attend...
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The heavenly rarities described towards the end of this article give a glimpse into the future of some of the...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See my tasting notes on these...
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From €20.50, £18.75, HK$310, 48.30 Swiss francs, 2,144 roubles Find this wine This week's bft, London's third annual Big Fortified...
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Madeira is one of the most thrilling wines in the world. The following were the 16 most exciting madeiras I...
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I don't often act as a blatant promoter of a single wine merchant's wares but a recent mailing reminded me...
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I hardly need to convince Purple pagers of the astounding longevity of madeira wines, described by Jancis in The miracle...
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‘Many are called and few are chosen', was the opening line as we sat in a room in London last...
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