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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
• 10 min read
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Brutal weather threatens vineyards, Chianti rosé, latest global wine stats
Plus some wine-scholarship opportunities and events and site news before the Wine News takes a break. Before I dive in, I’d like to congratulate Jancis for taking #2 in Drinks...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
• 1 min read
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Cabernet Sauvignon might be king in this vintage – and James finds the sweet spot. Above, the flags are out...
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Single-quinta vintage port announcements are a rare bright spot in a week of frost reports and new data on falling...
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A quick-fire en primeur campaign has begun – but are the wines worth buying, and will the price be right...
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Buyers and collectors get ready: en primeur bordeaux tastings are underway, and declarations for 2022 vintage port are trickling out...
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Ahead of the en primeur tastings, Gavin Quinney of Château Bauduc presents a detailed review of the 2023 growing season...
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Jan-Erik Paulson, semi-retired from his fine-wine company Rare Wine, has offered to share with us his experience of verticals of...
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Plus some good news from Portugal. (Above, the waterfront in Vila Nova de Gaia.) But first, some exciting events coming...
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Ben Howkins, wine advisor to Lord Rothschild at Waddesdon from 1992, provides a personal tribute to a deceptively low-key member...
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Recuperation and an injection of 74-year-old camaraderie. Left to right above, Joanna Delaforce, Tim Littler, Tony Stebbings, Tim How, David...
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The second and final part of a review of 118 wines tasted in London earlier this month, all but a...
Tasting articles
Hot on the heels of the Southwold blind tasting of the 2020s last month comes this review of 118 wines...
Tasting articles
In her final report from the Southwold tasting, Julia reviews the wines of the left bank, where Cabernet Sauvignon is...
Tasting articles
In the second of three tasting articles, Julia reviews the largely Merlot-based wines of the right bank, all tasted blind...
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Julia's reviews from a comprehensive blind tasting of wines from this vintage. First off, the whites, both dry and sweet...
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Thoughts on a blind tasting of more than 260 wines from the 2020 vintage at the Southwold tastings in London...
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Johnny Goedhuis's Bordeaux Dinner at The Savoy hotel in London last year offered an ideal opportunity to look at this...
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