The Purple Pages digest – April

• previews of what's to come
• flashbacks to the top stories on JancisRobinson.com 10 years ago
• highlights from our events calendar
• and free access to two Purple Pages articles from the preceding month.
  

APRIL on JancisRobinson.com was stuffed with articles, like cream in a piping bag, ready to be squeezed across the internet and presented deliciously onto your screen. Here are some of the choicest morsels:

• Alex's advice to new producers (now free)
• The Wine Society's spring collection
• Some great Austrian Rieslings – and Grüner Veltliners
• 63 American wines from all over the USA
• A peek at the Alsace wine that the Queen and her guests might drink
• Round-up of the current rash of wine-related films on the big screen
• An in-depth look at Rioja legend Marqués de Riscal (now free)
• Updates to our guide to London for wine lovers (free)
• A farewell from our former Spanish correspondent
• and not forgetting our extensive guide to Bordeaux 2012, which included 13 new articles this month, all of which can be found via Bordeaux 2012 – the guide

MAY promises another wealth of wine insight, including

• News of our new super Spanish specialist
• Tasting notes on some super Spaniards
• The long, long story of importing vines into Australia
• Michael Schmidt's first tranche of tasting notes on Germany's 2012s
• Bordeaux's last four vintages compared
• Growers' champagnes
• Does good cheap white wine exist?
  
  

FROM THE ARCHIVE in April 2003, the headline stories show how much – and how little – has changed in 10 years:

• Jancis reported on how the first growths were rumoured to be pricing their 2002 en primeur releases at €65 to the trade
• And her tasting notes were published on 240 of Bordeaux's best
• Beyond Bordeaux, there was an early report on umami in wine
• A transcription of one of Dr Richard Smart's after-dinner speeches, about the history of viticulture Down Under
• Nick's compilation of top chef's top tips in the kitchen
  

... and don't forget to keep up to speed with our Events diary, featuring the following titbits this May (but we want it to be as international as possible!):

• a walk-around tasting at German specialist The Winery in Maida Vale, north London
• A four-course dinner featuring 'fine French classics' in Edinburgh, Scotland
• The story of the 'Little Beauty' winery in Marlborough, to be told in Cork, Ireland
• A portfolio tasting of Amps fine wines in Oundle, Peterborough
• Natural wines aplenty at the RAW fair in Brick Lane, east London