Jancis's diary – April 2025
Thursday 1 May 2025
• 8 min read
A month with a trip to Japan and more very smart bottles than professional tastings. Above, Kyoto's 300-year-old Kenninji Ryosokuin temple in early April.
I ended last month’s diary with ‘Bring on the blossom!’ and had the pleasure of seeing it in profusion in Japan where Nick and I spent a week in early April launching a Japanese version of JancisRobinson.com, attending the award ceremony of this year’s Primum Familiae Vini’s biennial prize to a family non-wine company in Kyoto, and hosting a couple of tastings of English wine in Tokyo. Much to my surprise, Japan recently overtook the US...
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