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Diners in Hawksmoor restaurant, London, in the daytime

Nick on restaurants When the world likes to eat out

Nick reports on a global dining trend. Above, diners at Hawksmoor in London. My frequent conversations with our restaurateur son invariably reveal to me the enormous changes that have taken...

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A view from Victoria on Australia Day

Kim Chalmers of Chalmers Wine and Chalmers Nursery in Victoria is no stranger to JancisRobinson.com. She was an important influence...

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Too much wine

The world is awash with unwanted wine. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, a...

Wine news in 5

Fires in South Africa, Australia and Argentina, FB bans, state of the US wine industry report

Plus an update on France’s ban on copper-containing fungicides for organic viticulture. Above, fire in South Africa’s Overberg, sent by...

The Chase vineyard of Ministry of Clouds

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Ministry of Clouds Shiraz 2023 McLaren Vale

A perfectly ordinary extraordinary wine. From €19.60, £28.33, $19.99 (direct from the US importer, K&L Wines). A few months ago...

Brokenwood Stuart Hordern and Kate Sturgess

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Brokenwood Semillon 2022 Hunter Valley

A brilliantly buzzy white wine with the power to transform deliciously over many years. And prices start at just €19.90...

Wine news in 5

Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands

Plus an early harvest for ice wine in Germany, and the oldest vine in the world. Above, Domaine Sigalas vineyard...

Wines of the week

d’Arenberg, The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 McLaren Vale

There’s nothing commercial about this old-vine, organically farmed Cabernet from a family-run winery except perhaps its price. From £15, $19.99...

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Tasmanian fizz comes of age

A look back at 30 years of House of Arras, and the cool-climate isle’s booming bubbly industry today. House of...

Crittenden Cri de Coeur Sous Voile Savagnin

Tasting articles

Coming out from under the veil – a decade of Australia's vin jaune

A stunning outcome from what began as a shocking mistake. ‘I got a phone call. I think it must have...

aerial view of Coonawarra vineyards in autumn

Tasting articles

Coonawarra – past, present and future

A hotspot for Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz in South Australia just keeps getting hotter. For Sue Bell, there has never...

Beyond Bordeaux 2025 tasting at the Raffles Hotel Singapore

Tasting articles

Beyond Bordeaux in 2025

Some of the world’s more ambitious, and ambitiously priced, wines – those offered this year on the Bordeaux Place. Above...

Anatye (bush yam) by Jeannie Mills Pwerle

Tasting articles

Victoria's stars – Pinot Gris and Shiraz

The Cabernet is fine, but look to Shiraz, Pinot Gris and other less-popular varieties to taste where Victoria really shines...

Tasting articles

Celebrating Australian Chardonnay

Stylistically diverse, top-notch Chardonnay: so many more reasons to keep faith in Australian wine. Above, Cherubino’s Willows vineyard, Margaret River...