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Dar Sinclair, Tangier
Don't quote me 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...

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Benoit and Melanie Tarlant
Don't quote me Tim Hall of Scala Wine shares news, views and tips from this year’s reprised Champagne Week, Le Printemps des Champagnes...
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Don't quote me Walter alerts us to the recent creation of the delle Venezie DOC, Europe’s largest, and the benefits that have accrued...
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Don't quote me And specifically those of Washington State – one of which, Columbia Valley, encompasses 11 million acres. In 1980, the US...
David Hill Gewurztraminer, planted 1965
Don't quote me The case for putting the Willamette Valley's eggs in more than one basket. Above, David Hill winery and vineyard's proud...
Oregon winery workers' hands
Don't quote me A love letter to Oregon's hands-on wine industry… As your Pacific Northwest specialist, I strive to be objective. But when...
MW students in Seattle
Don't quote me An energised Sam reports on the highs and lows of her first meeting with fellow first-year Master of Wine students...
Foggy Hill vineyard, Fleurieu
Don't quote me Veteran of 52 vintages and the varying weather they have exhibited, Brian Croser, of Tapanappa in South Australia, wonders whether...
Meera Sodha's cavolo nero
Don't quote me ‘But black kale, or cavolo nero, is a different beast. The leaves look like the frosted plumes of an exotic...
After one punchdown at Prophets Rock
Don't quote me An opening gambit from our new executive editor US on the pluses and minuses of California wine's stylistic evolution. I...
Nicolas Feuillatte HQ
Don't quote me Tim Hall shares the latest news from Reims and Épernay and why SOG is so important. Above, the headquarters of...
Castiglione Falletto at the foot of the mountains
Don't quote me Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what his own palate tells him. Tasting notes to...
Thanksgiving meal photo by Jed Owen from Unsplash
Don't quote me Back in 2018, when Jancis suggested in Beaujolais – a useful alternative to burgundy that beaujolais was ‘a great choice...
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Don't quote me Not quite enough, thinks Andy Howard MW. But he still finds 15 wines to recommend, many of them great value...
Arnica pouring a Thanksgiving magnum
Don't quote me Arnica Rowan wrote this tale of rural life just after pouring this magnum on Canadian Thanksgiving Day last month and...
Trivet Tokaj lunch - 2003 and 2007 Aszu
Don't quote me Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey… So goes the first line of the well-covered 1961 song by the...
The Sorting Table Capreolus Garden Swift Tokaj aged gin
Don't quote me A gin that challenges the clichéd pairings. It’s such an entwined pair that it’s one of the few drinks that...
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