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Ten common myths about wine
Recently, Jancis was asked by the Financial Times to list some of the most common misperceptions about wine. While we know that you, dear reader, don't believe any of the...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 9 August 2025
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Alder on America
New ways to get the wine message across in the US. Selling wine in America is difficult, and getting more...
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The first of a two-part muse on a topic that may well be of particular interest to visitors to JancisRobinson.com...
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How you can honour the memory of the best sommelier in the world. 27 March 2019 The Basset family has...
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The wine world lost a towering figure yesterday. See also Support Gerard Basset's memoirs .
16 June 2019 A good...
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Once more Elaine brings us bang up to date on the scandal to have hit the American Master Sommelier organisation...
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A few tips on which bottles to serve your dinner guests. A version of this article is published by the...
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21 June 2021 Despite the pandemic, we have many new distributors and retailers all over the world and so the...
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In a new record, the Court of Master Sommeliers in the United States celebrated no fewer than 24 passes of...
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Nick on restaurants
See also Changing States of somm. Last week I gave a talk in Barcelona entitled ‘Wine experiences from the greatest...
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5 April 2018 We're republishing this free in our Throwback Thursday series, partly because Richard referred to it in his...
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A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
‘Wine, food and words’ are listed as my...
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There is strong message from Tam about the third example of her 40+ recent book reviews that she has chosen...
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Turkish-born Isa Bal MS was for long the sommelier at The Fat Duck but has recently given that up in...
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September’s Australian Women in Wine tasting that I report on today was held at London's Australia House. This imposing building...
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5 August 2017 Thanks to a few generous recent contributions the fund is now oversubscribed which is great news. And...
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