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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
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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
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The final part of Michael’s report from three days of valiant tasting at the end of August, plus three complaints...
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Michael, extreme left in our picture behind the scenes at the 2019 Wiesbaden tasting, explains his position on the 2018...
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‘Don’t buy it’, Nancy Barry instructed her husband Jim in 1986 when the Florita vineyard came up for auction. The...
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Michael submits his first report on the Grosse Gewächse 2018s, distinguishing the hype from the truth. See this guide for...
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Which wines are likely to define the future of Australian wine?
Mike Bennie and Andrew Caillard (pictured above by Wine...
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A clutch of vertical tastings of some special Italian wines, including a Sardinian rarity and a special Vin Santo.
Tim...
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Pink champagne is no longer frivolous or a cash cow. There are some delicious wines here.
It was clear during...
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New member of our expanding team Alistair Cooper MW shares some of his South American expertise.
I had the good...
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This mini-series of mop-up tastings of the Rhône 2017s ends with a collection of wines from the southern Rhône. See...
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To continue our mini-series on Rhône 2017s, a collection of famous names from the north. See also my recent tasting...
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Read on. These are no longer wines to be dismissed out of hand, as Susie Barrie MW and Peter Richards...
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How do the increasing number of non-French wines now being sold in Bordeaux measure up to the wines the Bordeaux...
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Was this year's showing by the Cape's young guns the tasting of the year? It certainly felt like it. See...
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This mini-series of mop-up tastings of the Rhône's small but promising 2017 vintage begins in the north.
Despite tasting nearly...
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19 September 2019 See my tasting notes on Sassicaia 2016 and Guidalberto 2017.
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An eerily quiet tasting of Kedem's Israeli wines in London suggested something of a winemaking rut.
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