The Purple Pages digest – March

Every month, we bring you a free digest of the very best bits from JancisRobinson.com, as well as: 

• 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.

MARCH in England was the coldest on record, so with all hatches duly battened down, we published over 60 articles on all manner of oenological intrigue, including:

• the final furlong of Julia's epic Portuguese marathon, featuring extensive tasting notes from the regions of
• Trás-os-Montes
• Beiras
• Douro (now free)
• Tejo
• Península de Sétubal
• A 500-seater French restaurant with an astonishing wine proposition
• Walter Speller's comprehensive slurp through Barolo 2008
• Jancis on wine's perpetual competitive sport, blind tasting
• Nuits-St-Georges under the microscope
• The largest blind tasting of English sparkling wine
• Jancis on the essence of great wine (now free)
• The A to K of wine from Albania and Kosovo
• A large compilation of new tasting notes on Loire Valley wines
• Michael Schmidt reporting on the latest twist in the legal status of Grosse Gewächse
• Every vintage of Henschke's Hill of Grace (see also our 'From The Archive' section, below)
• a lengthy dissection of the latest developments in Chianti Classico
• Julia on Bordeaux 2003 at 10 years old
• and Nick writing on where to eat in Sydney and Savoie

APRIL promises another raft of vinous expertise and insight, including:

• a mini-series of articles on the fine wines of Austria
• on-the-spot reports from Jancis at the annual cirque d'en primeur
• her full, unexpurgated tasting notes on hundreds of 2012 bordeaux
• latest finds from The Wine Society and Berry Bros
• Walter on the latest showing of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
• another look (non blind) at some of the best 2009 red bordeaux
• charmers from Alsace

FROM THE ARCHIVE - here's the breaking news on Purple Pages from this month 10 years ago:

• The origins of Laithwaite's Redheads studio in McLaren Vale
• A report on Robert Rolls' 2001 Wine Relief initiative on wine investment maturing in 2003
• And by spooky coincidence, a Hill of Grace vertical published almost 10 years to the day before our most recent one this month (see above)

... and don't forget to keep an eye on our events diary, which has the following nuggets to look forward to this April:

• Bordeaux versus the world in Fulham, south-west London
• The first week of an essential guide to Riesling in South Kensington
• For something a bit different, a gin tasting in Oundle, Peterborough
• St-Émilion showcased in Oxford, aimed at the under-30s
• Wine and charcuterie in Fife, Scotland