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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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Champagne's Printemps 2026
Tim Hall of Scala Wine shares news and top tastes from a packed week of tastings and conversations in Champagne. Come back tomorrow for his interview with Roederer’s Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon...
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More from Katia Nussbaum in Montalcino as she tries to navigate her way through lockdown. Click on the Katia's diary...
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Some more memories of the expert on wine tasting. See also memories from others at the bottom of this article...
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Montalcino winegrower Katia Nussbaum continues her very personal diary during lockdown at her estate. See days 1 and 2 for...
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Walter picks over what’s good and bad about this latest vintage. See his t asting notes on 127 regular bottles...
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A foretaste of Scharzhofberger Trockenbeerenauslese 2018, and what's going on in German wine.
Egon Müller was in London last Friday...
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This year’s Outstanding WSET Alumnus (pictured) asked the eight Masters of Wine most closely associated with Spain to nominate five...
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Walter, an ex art history student, muses on the current, fluid state of Italian wine. The natural wine debate has...
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London’s Burgundy Fortnight distilled. The late Michel Lafarge pictured below by Jon Wyand. See this guide for our full coverage...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW turns his critical eye and palate from supermarkets to St James.
Berry Bros &...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW compares what's on offer from two of the UK's most important retail chains.
Both...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW runs his experienced eye over the books of Britain's two retail giants and his...
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Artisan chocolate is trendy, but is it wine-worthy?
I’m not a chocolate lover. I’m not even much of a chocolate...
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Andy Howard MW reviews the range from an important UK wine retailer undergoing tumultuous change. See also last week's report...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW compares the UK wine offerings from the two big discounters. With Aldi and Lidl...
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Some reluctant recommendations from Walter, who also contributes this picture of an enoteca in Padua (where he lives) offering 'a...
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Walter wrestles with the concept of good-value Italian wines in this stream of consciousness, and eventually overcomes his Cabernet-phobia at...
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