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2022 bordeaux four years on – white wines
The first of three reports on this year’s blind tasting of significant four-year-old bordeaux. See Bordeaux 2022 – a guide for everything we’ve published on this vintage. Above, Tom Parker...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 9 February 2026
• 3 min read
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Wine discoveries – January 2026
From light, delicate Prosecco to cult wine from Bordeaux and red Zinfandel, there’s something for everyone in these 25 wines. Above, the 1,000-year-old chapel at St-Jacques d’Albas, source of one...
Team JR
Tuesday 3 February 2026
• 2 min read
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Sweet and strong wines for the 2025 festive season
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 13 December 2025
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One important feature of tomorrow’s annual generic tasting of New Zealand wines in its major export market the UK will...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. This is the prime time of...
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Here is the last of Julia's wonderfully detailed reports on the tasting marathon that was Landmark Australia. She must be...
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See also this recent coverage of fine, dry German whites: A final fling with Sylvaner Great Sylvaner Do German dry...
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Vin de Constance’s reputation precedes it: it is the wine lauded by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Napoleon, the wine...
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For many a wine drinker in the northern hemisphere, even (perhaps particularly) in the current economic climate, the chilly depths...
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From $14.99 a half. Find this wine The other day I was at one of our regular blind tastings at...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.This is the time of year when...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
See full tasting notes on Seppeltsfield...
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I don’t often post tasting notes on wines that are more than a century old here but below are descriptions...
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Does anyone else in the world celebrate Valentine’s Day with as much commercial gusto as Americans? We give our loved...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Until recently the range of sweet...
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‘Tis the season to be merry and forget that forthcoming visit to the dentist. This is the time of year...
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When did you last drink wine? Almost certainly within the last few days if you are reading this. When did...
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The Wine Society (see some background in a recent your turn) recently held a fascinating comparative tasting of wines from...
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A Purple pager, tempted by an Yquem tasting being organised by Bipin Desai of southern California, wrote the other day...
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