Non-vintage champagne may increasingly be regarded as a commodity to lure bargain hunters into unfamiliar supermarkets or reward assiduous…
26 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonSee wine news for my overview of a fascinating recent tasting of champagnes from these two unusually good vintages. The 1996s will surely turn out to…
26 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonA few relatively insignificant prices (Sarget de Gruaud Larose anyone?) of the new Bordeaux vintage (see my tasting notes on purple pages) had been…
25 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonI wrote this while staying in the Rheingau last November. Good to know that it was such a good vintage in most of Germany. See my tasting notes on…
23 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonOne of our beloved multinationals, Diageo, based here in London but with tentacles across the globe (not least in the remains of the old Seagram wine…
22 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonHaving tasted 300 2001s, and waded my way through this hugely variable and by no means entirely satisfactory vintage, I have to say that the 2000s…
22 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonMost of you live either in the hemisphere where spring is springing and summer is a'coming in, with all the need for verdant wines that that entails,…
22 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonAt first glance it seemed to be business as usual in the dining room at The Square in Mayfair. The customers were having a good time; the waiting…
21 Apr 2002 Nick LanderThe 2001 vintage will always be in the shadow of its predecessor. If I have two words of advice about Bordeaux's 2001s, they are: buy Sauternes.…
19 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonVicky Bishop had a flourishing career in the British wine trade. She was the first manager of Wines of New Zealand in London and then set up her own…
17 Apr 2002 Jancis Robinson'Good value' wines from the tasting listed by appellation. GV Château d'Aiguilhe 2001 Côtes…
17 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonThese photographs show French chef, Christian Delteil, at distinct periods of his culinary career: as a young chef and as he is today in front of his…
16 Apr 2002 Nick LanderSotheby's buyer's premium, the extra charge levied by auctioneers on those who buy wine in the saleroom, has risen from an already-rather-resented 10…
14 Apr 2002 Jancis RobinsonMost unfortunately, the Sonoma winery Landmark has acquired a new British importer and prices have gone zooming up. For Brits: In the good old days,…
13 Apr 2002 Jancis Robinson
