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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
• 3 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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The visit and tasting that always stays most sharply in my memory after a Bordeaux primeurs week is with François...
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The usual fair prices and exceptionally interesting selection here, with Chile providing some of the best value. See this post...
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As fires continue to rage unpredictably in northern California wine country, Elaine asks us all to support the industry there...
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As a foretaste of her in-depth look at Cabernets from a region more readily associated with other varieties, Elaine Chukan...
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See our guide to recent coverage of Sicilian wines . Etna’s east side may still be unknown to most wine...
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Tom Munro wrote recently about The other Bordeaux, the Bordeaux outside the favoured elite of classed growths where all sorts...
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That Russian sommeliers are fond of drinking shouldn't be a shock, but I was still surprised to see them gustily...
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As we have written on this site many a time before, Lea & Sandeman, with their small group of shops...
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The annual launch of The Penfolds Collection, the jewel in Treasury Wine Estates' crown, has become almost as ritualistically stage-managed...
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Following in the footsteps, and the timeline, of the VDP, the Austrian Traditionsweingüter, a private association of producers in the...
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See this guide to our coverage of Bordeaux 2015 for more about this distinctive vintage. Richard writes There was lots...
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See also this video interview with Julia published today. Retsina probably isn't on your list of must-have or must-taste wines...
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The old gold-mining town of Beechworth in north-east Victoria, Australia, is not short of character, as you can see from...
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See also Ventoux – conveniently cooler.
During this year's June heatwave in southern France I spent a couple of days...
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We have published a plethora of German tasting notes recently. See, for instance, our guides to German 2016s and German...
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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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