The Purple Pages digest – August

• 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

AUGUST may have been a month off for most of Europe, but we published over 50 articles here on JancisRobinson.com. Here are some of the highlights you may have missed:

• Walter reports in full on 2011 Rosso di Montalcino
• Tasting notes on a huge diversity of wines, including those from Georgia, Greece, Franciacorta, the Alentejo, historical vintages from Huet, and 25 years of Ornellaia
• Richard's on-the-ground report from the International Pinot Noir Celebration 2013
• Tamlyn's ode to cork
• Our typically thorough coverage of German Riesling, including: 2012s from the Nahe, Rheinhessen and Mittelrhein, a selection from London merchants The Winery, Loeb, ABS and Justerini & Brooks
• Walter's fascinating look at the role the mafia plays in Sicilian wine culture (now free)
• The second part of Alex's analysis of how wine is scored (now free)
  

SEPTEMBER has Team JR tasting widely as the London wine-trade calendar starts again after its summer break. We kicked off with the first dispatch from our new Australian columnist Max Allen and his suggestions for the stars of Australia's next generation. Look out later in the month for the following:

• Julia's massive Madeira retrospective
• Anselme Selosse – more than just champagne
• Chilean wine today
• Top Spanish sommelier Ferran Centelles' instructions for decanting
• Michael Schmidt's report on this year's Grosse Gewächse releases
• A vertical of Ch Cos d'Estournel

FROM THE ARCHIVE: don your rose-tinted spectacles and look at what was hot in August 2003 – the weather in Europe, mostly:

• An early warning from Jancis about the 2003 vintage
• A plague of ladybirds ravages Ontario
• Jancis's first impressions of Santorini

... and don't forget our Events diary for September, which is packed with wine-related activities, including:

• The fundamentals of tasting revealed in Hong Kong
• A tutored tasting of Dom Aoghnasa in Cork, Ireland
• For something a little more spirited, a taste of Cognac in Edmonton, Canada
• A walk-around tasting in Arnhem, The Netherlands
• d'Arenberg's legendary Dead Arm Shiraz tasted vertically in Fulham
• A walk-around tasting in Birmingham based on the Twitter trend of seven word wine reviews
• An evening of Rioja in Stourbridge
• Two London Bordeaux dinners, hosted by Richard Hemming, in Kingston-upon-Thames and Pimlico