From €78.90, $83.99, 899 Swedish Krone, 11,600 Japanese yen, £84.50 Find this wine You can meet the celebrated ex-sommelier and Fulbright scholar…
15 Jun 2018 Jancis Robinson
See Elaine's extremely detailed analysis of Williamette Valley AVAs and subzones, also published today. My picture is of Tony Soter, a famous Oregon…
15 May 2018 Elaine Chukan Brown Julia Harding MW
See also Elaine's tasting notes on 86 current Willamette Valley Pinots and Chardonnays.As Jancis’s recent article What will fill red burgundy’s place?…
15 May 2018 Elaine Chukan Brown
At the end of last year Jason Lett of Eyrie in the Willamette Valley and I sat down for lunch. He brought with him two bottles to taste, both a bit of…
1 May 2018 Elaine Chukan Brown
A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See tasting notes in A British assault on fine German Pinots. ‘I’m a refugee',…
21 Apr 2018 Jancis Robinson
19 April 2018 We're republishing this 2011 tasting article free to complement today's account of a much more recent British assault on fine German…
19 Apr 2018 Jancis Robinson
See also What will fill red burgundy's place?If you put Spätburgunder in our search box (choosing the 'Everything else' option), you will find a…
19 Apr 2018 Jancis Robinson
Having devoted space to some Smart Americans last week, we bring in some reinforcements in the shape of Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs gathered…
22 Mar 2018 Richard Hemming MW
Daniel Twardowski’s mobile rang. It wasn’t a good time as he was busy working in his vineyard, but when you are a one-man band and still in the…
14 Dec 2017 Michael Schmidt
As I wrote in German Pinotland, Germany's reds are becoming increasingly interesting, partly thanks to climate change. Pinot Noir, aka Spätburgunder,…
22 Sep 2017 Jancis Robinson
A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also our tasting notes on 81 Spätburgunders (and 15 Lembergers) and this…
9 Sep 2017 Jancis Robinson
For our coverage of the exceptional 2015 vintage in Germany, see this guide. And for more background to these wines see German Pinotland.Jancis writes…
6 Sep 2017 Jancis Robinson Michael Schmidt
As Nick wrote recently in An unpacker's lament, we got back to London from the Languedoc to find quite a lot of unsolicited samples awaiting (no…
4 Sep 2017 Jancis Robinson
As an Englishman good and true, I am exceptionally well practised at keeping my feelings firmly bottled up. Rarely if ever is the cork removed to…
14 Jun 2017 Richard Hemming MW
Our German specialist Michael Schmidt is a notable fan of German Pinot Noir, or Spätburgunder, so I thought I owed it to him to attend a tasting of…
20 Mar 2017 Jancis Robinson
