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Britpop move over; here comes Brít-Nat with pop-the-crown-cap controversy and edgy attitude. Henry writes On the day that the soon-to-be-legendary June heatwave of 2026 landed, Tamlyn and I headed to...

Henry Jeffreys Sunday 28 June 2026 • 13 min read

Free for all The cross-Channel special relationship

A look at Anglo-French love through the lens of wine. Plus a guide to the UK’s fine-wine traders. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times...

Jancis Robinson Saturday 30 May 2026 • 9 min read

Tim Phillips and hens - credit Paul Close @paulclose

Don't quote me Pipped at the post – will English wine make room for cider?

Henry Jeffreys Tuesday 26 May 2026 • 1 min read

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Book reviews

A Celebration of English Wine – book review

A Celebration of English Wine Liz Sagues Published by Robert Hale (The Crowood Press) ISBN 9780719826146 £17 Apart from Stephen...

Tasting articles

England v Champagne – a re-run

Another blind comparison between the best of English wine and, this time, the best of Champagne. The day after the...

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Nyetimber 1086 – another English triumph

This article, of which a version is published by the Financial Times , and Thursday’s battle of the prestige cuvées...

Tasting articles

Prestige cuvées – Nyetimber v champagne

That English sparkling wine v champagne blind comparison moves up a notch or two. See also 1086 – another triumph...

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Nyetimber – a Canadian playground

25 October 2018 Our Throwback Thursday selection revisits a three-year-old report. See also Prestige cuvées – Nyetimber v champagne and...

Wines of the week

Gusbourne, Blanc de Blancs 2013 England

From €34.84, 640 South African rand, £36.69, 54.78 Swiss francs, 469.90 Norwegian krone, 82.99 Canadian dollars, 6,980 Japanese yen, $73.80...

Tasting articles

Can English wine be organic?

As I’ve already mentioned in Davenport the quiet hero, there are 700 vineyards in the UK, with a total of...

Inside information

Forty Hall – therapy in a bottle

See this guide to our English wine week. When you spend three years getting up at 5 am once a...

Inside information

Studying at Plumpton

See this guide to our English wine week. What does the flourishing UK wine industry need, aside from decent weather...

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This year's English winners

See this guide to our English Wine Week at JancisRobinson.com. The results of this year’s big English (and Welsh) wine...

Tasting articles

English sparkling wine – initial progress

See this guide to our English wine week. LOL, FYI, OMG – in the internet era, three-letter acronyms have become...

Don't quote me

Davenport the quiet hero

This is English Wine Week and we are marking it with a series of articles about English wine, many of...

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Our English wine week – a guide

Today is the official start of English Wine Week (see this list of related events). If you are in the...

Wines of the week

Pommery NV champagne and English sparkling

Louis Pommery English sparkling wine £39.99 Pommery champagne widely available internationally, from €21, $29.97, £35.95 Find the English version Find...