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Two bottles of Pikes Riesling on a table with two partly filled wine glasses beside each bottle

Wines of the week Pikes, Traditionale Riesling, Clare Valley

The professionals’ pick for rock-solid Riesling at a reasonable price. From $14.99, £13. At a gathering for emerging leaders on Wines of Western Australia’s Cultivate Leadership programme, the emergees were...

Richard Hemming MW Friday 20 February 2026 • 1 min read

Patrick Sullivan & Megan McLaren in Gippsland - Photo by Guy Lavoipierre

Tasting articles Gippsland comes of age

This cool-climate Australian region is finally living up to its early promise. Winegrowers Patrick Sullivan and Megan McLaren are pictured above (credit: Guy Lavoipierre). When I moved to Melbourne in...

Max Allen Friday 20 February 2026 • 2 min read

Wine news in 5 Floods hit Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monarch Tractor shuttered, early budbreak in California

Plus, a trade deal for China and South Africa, falling French wine and spirits exports, a legal case in Australia. And congratulations to Andrew Jefford, awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award...

Samantha Cole-Johnson Saturday 14 February 2026 • 1 min read

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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...

Wine news in 5

Strengthening US wine labelling, new EU trade deals, market reports, more bottles lighten up

Plus, wet weather makes California drought-free for the first time in 25 years and leaves snow on Douro vineyards. Much...

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25th anniversary tasting of mature Australian wines in Tokyo

Join Richard Hemming MW in Tokyo for a benchmark tasting of mature Margaret River wines. Celebrate 25 years of JancisRobinson.com...

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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

Wines of the week

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

Wines of the week

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

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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

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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...

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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...