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Jancis's diary – May 2026
Foreign parts feature heavily this month, including the villa above overlooking Tangier. But that’s far from all. I hope you noticed that I hardly travelled at all at the beginning...
Jancis Robinson
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Can this southern Australian state compete with Burgundy for cool-climate wines with real personality and sense of place? See also...
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Heat, or lack of it, was a theme this month. February is meant to be a short month, and we...
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Brian Croser of Tapanappa in the Piccadilly Hills reports on an extraordinarily early – yet promising – harvest. Above, bins...
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Temperature was a theme this month. Above, the outdoor pool at Estelle Manor, said to be heated but even so...
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Not many professional tastings but an unusual number of lunches.
For logistical reasons I have to finish my diary a...
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Tastings, dinners, films, and a Tube incident. Above, Lille at night. There was much less travel in November, though I...
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The power of bitterness in the complex polyphony of Georgian cuisine.
‘putin Xuilo’* it said on the high, rusty metal...
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Lots of 'work' and quite a bit of perk, too.
After last month’s frenetic travel schedule, life calmed down a...
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A pumping bass and mic-drops at the Château du Clos de Vougeot mark changing times in the heart of Burgundy...
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Can anyone beat this for name-dropping?
If last month’s diary was a little short on action, this month’s is action-packed...
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Warning: this will be one of my shortest diaries ever as nothing much happens in August, I’m delighted to say...
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A month of contrasts.
After a busy start, life has really, really calmed down for me this month. Which is...
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A month in which the travel highlight was ballooning in Anatolia. We were not alone, as you can see.
We...
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After an encouraging start, the 2023 en primeur campaign ran out of steam, reports Nick Martin of Wine Owners –...
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A pairing that proves that sparkling wine can match just about anything – and a tip on a tool that...
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Fine-wine merchant Jan-Erik Paulson looks through his notebooks and shares his tasting notes on this famous Bordeaux first growth –...
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