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Jancis ventures a rare investment tip. A much shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, the leftovers from the 1950 Babes' lunch at Yquem in...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 26 July 2025
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1899 Yquem, anyone? See more in Sauternes - the longest-lived wine?
I suspect most Purple Pagers know exactly what’s in...
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A version of this article about a bordeaux vintage not to be dismissed out of hand is published by the...
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You'll never see this wine this cheap again.
Useful halves from HK$224, CA$39.16, 35 Swiss francs, €28.58, £30, SG$66, $49.99...
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The final of three reports on this year's Southwold-on-Thames blind tasting of 2017 bordeaux. See Tom's reports on right-bank reds...
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A second helping of bordeaux 2010s, this time tasted blind. See also BI's 2010 bordeaux showcase, and this guide to...
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We begin the week's series of tasting articles on this year's Southwold-on-Thames blind tasting of the 2016 Bordeaux vintage with...
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Tasting notes from the latest blind tasting in the cellars of Buckingham Palace.
Our latest task as members of the...
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Our coverage of Bordeaux 2018 en primeur comes to a sticky end today with the sweet wines of Sauternes and...
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This third and final report on a comprehensive blind tasting of 2009 bordeaux at 10 years old is a look...
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The first of three tasting articles re-examining more than 250 of the most important Bordeaux 2015s. More tomorrow and the...
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See this guide to all our coverage of the 2017 vintage in Bordeaux. This picture, taken at the Bordeaux Gold...
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22 March 2018 We are republishing free the second of Bill Blatch's three-part report on Bordeaux's difficult 2017 vintage as...
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See this guide to all of our coverage of Bordeaux 2014, including yesterday's right-bank reds and Wednesday's left-bank reds...
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See also these tasting notes on the right bank and left bank reds, this overview of the tasting, and this...
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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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Christian Lowe contributes the next submissions to our wine writing competition. Here’s how he describes himself: I am a 20-year-old...
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