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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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Mouton '45 and Pol Roger '14 x 2. Gloating unlimited.
I have a new mantra: less work and more perk...
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To complement today's tasting article on English still wines, married Masters of Wine Susie Barrie and Peter Richards, particularly well-informed...
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Veteran South Australian wine producer Brian Croser shares a blast from the south.
I am sitting in my office looking...
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A view from a particularly experienced Martinborough gemologist. Dr Neil and Dawn McCallum, founders in 1979 of Dry River and...
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As part of his seasonal review of the UK's main supermarket wine ranges, Andy Howard MW presents a brief report...
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Tim Hall of Scala Wine reports on a polarisation of the producers of grower champagne, and singles out his favourites...
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Tim Hall of Scala Wine tries to summarise what tasting more than 400 champagnes, mainly those of genuine growers, taught...
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As usual, Tim Hall of Scala Wine has covered Champagne Week in the Champagne region for us. First, a look...
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Andy Howard MW continues his seasonal reporting on the wine ranges of the UK's main supermarkets. See also M&S, Aldi...
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Andy Howard MW looks in detail at recent developments at Marks & Spencer.
M&S is currently a business in the...
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Tam shares another of her super-creative food and and wine matches. I'd planned the meal, bought the food, marked the...
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Are the discounters ever of interest to serious wine lovers? Andy Howard MW picks out the pearls. The prospects for...
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Sicily's table wines may be riding high but the island's most famous fortified wine is in the doldrums, laments Tim...
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Our retail specialist Andy Howard MW reports on Tesco's latest wine tasting. He will be reporting on their rivals on...
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Tam's been food and wine matching again... Something intrigued me while I was at the Wines of Hungary Furmint tasting...
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Richard tests a long-awaited, crowdfunded, new bit of wine kit.
There are dozens of wine-preservation gadgets on the market, most...
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