Note - Look out for a stunning new varietal Roussanne from Rick Kinzbrunner of Beechworth in Victoria, he of Giaconda Chardonnay fame. It's to be…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonAm I the only person in the world with a cellarful of red wine and a preference for white wine food? Here's the paradox. To judge from what's in our…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonMy palate spends a lot of time immersed in the various offerings of wine producers in what is so inaccurately called the New World. The often…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonOf all the classic French wine regions, the one that has changed most fundamentally over the last 10 years is the one that looks the most set in…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonWhoever said 'the first duty of a wine is to be red' was wrong. There are times, particularly in high summer, when red wines are either too soupy, too…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonFirst a warning: I am about to seem appallingly idealistic and unrealistically romantic. People often ask me how on earth I can bear to write…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonFor people in the world of wine, Orange from now on will mean not a telecoms company with a high-profile prize for a female fiction-writer but an…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonWine-loving visitors to London who have half a day to spare could do far worse than visit Vinopolis on the south bank of the Thames between London and…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonIt's difficult for non-Americans to get to grips with the amazing phenomenon that is the charity wine auction in the United States. When the mailing…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonNow that I have at long last learnt to love saké, I can report that I am jolly glad that wine is my first love. The problem with saké, a very similar…
31 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonA few brief follow-ups on previous stories. The giant French wine company Castel HAS finally acquired the quirky British off-licence…
30 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonMoney may not make the entire world go round but it has over the past eight years influenced the restaurant world more than any single ingredient,…
30 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonThis newish sister restaurant to The Square, Chez Bruce and La Trompette around London has a particularly good selection of wine by the glass (all too…
30 Dec 2001 Nick LanderFor the USA For the UK This is the time of year we tend to treat ourselves to the in-between wines. Not just the reds and still whites we drink…
21 Dec 2001 Jancis RobinsonAt the en primeur tasting marathon of the 1997s in Bordeaux, held in early spring 1998, I remember so clearly that the last day's tasting of sweet…
21 Dec 2001 Jancis Robinson
