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Jancis's diary – May 2026
Foreign parts feature heavily this month but that’s far from all. The villa pictured above overlooks Tangier. I hope you noticed that I hardly travelled at all at the beginning...
Jancis Robinson
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The cross-Channel special relationship
A look at Anglo-French love through the lens of wine. Plus a guide to the UK’s fine-wine traders. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Jancis Robinson
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A round winemaking peg in a round hole… See Cristal 2013 back to 1988 for details of the tasting where...
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See this guide to our coverage of 2012 bordeaux. Above La Mission Haut-Brion, one of the most successful left-bank wines...
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It's tough helping out the Queen with her wine collection.
You may imagine that in these pandemic-affected times, it has...
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See Grand Cercle 2019s – right-bank reds for the background to this tasting. See also this guide to our extensive...
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See this guide to our extensive coverage of 2019 bordeaux. Tasting notes on Grand Cercle left-bank reds and whites follow...
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A very interesting vintage whose best wines are big and bold. A version of this article is published by the...
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The 2018 vintage in Bordeaux seems unlikely to be remembered for its whites, whether dry or sweet. See this guide...
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The second of our three-part report on this massive blind tasting. See this overview, tasting notes on right-bank reds and...
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The first of our three reports on this year's blind-tasting marathon. See also this overview, tasting notes for left-bank reds...
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6 February 2022 Wonderful picture of Anthony Barton and his daughter Lilian, taken by author Simon Loftus when he was...
Book reviews
The last group of books that arrived in 2021 is an eclectic bunch that not only roves from America to...
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A great man of the Médoc remembered.
With the demise of Anthony Barton this week the Bordeaux wine trade has...
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Great sweet white bordeaux may be unfashionable but it will have the last laugh. A version of this article is...
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1899 Yquem, anyone? See more in Sauternes - the longest-lived wine?
I suspect most Purple Pagers know exactly what’s in...
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Continuing our look at this exciting vintage, we provide tasting notes on another 36 wines, some of them very famous...
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Rather late in the day, we introduce our Bordeaux-based team member (who also covered Rhône 2020 for us recently) now...
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