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Wine discoveries – June 2026
25 ways to keep refreshed despite the heat. Last week Europe experienced its worst June heatwave on record; this week, the US is set to surpass heat records in cities...
Team JR
• 2 min read
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Opus One 1979–2000
A vertical tasting takes Jancis back to the groundbreaking beginning of this emblematic California red. Left to right in a private room in 67 Pall Mall, London: Margaret Rand, Michael...
Jancis Robinson
• 2 min read
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I’ve been around so long, and have been such a keen traveller, that it takes...
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See this guide to our English wine week. LOL, FYI, OMG – in the internet era, three-letter acronyms have become...
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4 August 2018 Note on Quinta de la Rosa 2016 added. 8 June 2018 We continue to add tasting notes...
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Château Lafleur is one of the jewels of Pomerol, and is now owned and run by the Guinaudeau family, first...
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When you sandwich a tasting between Piglets and royalty in the morning, and a pre-launch dinner at a not-yet-opened London...
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Every spring, as the en primeur campaign grinds into action, a small group of Bordeaux cru classé producers comes over...
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Jochen Dreissigacker is a particularly high achiever among the new generation of winemakers in the Rheinhessen (about whom Michael will...
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See also Pleasing palate and pocket. It had been ages since I had been to a tasting organised by one...
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Our fellow MW, Sarah Marsh of The Burgundy Briefing (extreme right in the picture), continues her series of vintage retrospectives...
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Every so often Jancis and I are invited to a tasting I find hard to resist: a selection of some...
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See Elaine's extremely detailed analysis of Williamette Valley AVAs and subzones, also published today. My picture is of Tony Soter...
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See also Quintarelli v Dal Forno from 2010. Dal Forno is one of Italy’s most iconic estates. It specialises in...
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Recently I have been lucky enough to enjoy a selection of particularly mature riojas and a hand-picked selection of current...
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London wine merchant Armit showed its Italian wares in March. John Armit founded the company in 1988 after having worked...
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London burgundy specialist importer Domaine Direct held a most inspiring tasting of 2015 burgundies a couple of weeks ago, the...
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