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Don't quote me 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...

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Don't quote me When Chris Boiling bought his winehouse and small vineyard in Slovenia, he imagined winters would be spent getting to grips...
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Don't quote me Neophyte vigneron Chris Boiling (left in this picture) discovers his grapes are not as noble as he first thought. But...
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Don't quote me Tasting the 2014s in Burgundy last week was a pleasure – not least because this is a light- to medium-weight...
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