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My glasses of Yquem being filled at The Morris

Free for all Sweet and strong wines for the 2025 festive season

Go on, spoil yourself! A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . Above, my glasses being filled with Château d’Yquem 1975 at our celebratory dinner at...

Jancis Robinson Saturday 13 December 2025 • 7 min read

Tasting articles Strong stuff

Sherry, port and Madeira in profusion. This is surely the time of year when you can allow yourself to take the plunge into these very special wines. I tasted quite...

Jancis Robinson Friday 12 December 2025 • 3 min read

Tasting articles Wine discoveries – November 2025

Wines for the festive season, pulled from our last month of tastings. Above, fog over the California vineyards of Haliotide, a young winery focused exclusively on single-vineyard sparkling wines. Every...

Team JR Tuesday 2 December 2025 • 6 min read

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Kopke 10 Year Old white port

From €15.12, £17.95, 185 Danish krone, $29.99 per half bottle Find this wine This shapely half bottle of well-priced, fortified...

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Port as tourist magnet

A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also yesterday's array of tasting notes on 39...

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Reminders of the greatness of port

See also port as tourist magnet. Last month I spent a couple of nights in port country in my capacity...

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Sweet and strong assemblage

See this guide to our assemblages. Julia writes Although we try not to focus your attention on scores, in this...

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A port as old as the Queen

Paul Symington has long railed against what he sees as the underpricing of port. Why shouldn’t the wine to which...

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The strong, the sweet and the succulent

This is a much longer version of an article also published by the Financial Times. In the three sets of...

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Strong and sweet – a compilation

See also today's article about the exact meaning of 'en rama' sherries. And see this guide to all our recently...

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Gloriously gleaming tawnies

Not all tawny ports are colheita ports but all colheita ports are tawny, and all tawnies are named after their...

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In support of port

Earlier this year I bought a Eurocave wine cabinet, thereby finally providing controlled storage conditions in my home. I am...

Sanatorium nursing - everyday life at Broomfield Sanatorium Chelmsford Essex 1945

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Wines for invalids

This article has been syndicated. It is a truism that as you go through life the topics you discuss most...

hands of Paul Symington holding 1868 port

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An emotional Cockburn port tasting

I’m such a hardened old nut, it’s not often that wine tastings bring tears to my eyes, but I did...

Wines of the week

Graham's Six Grapes Old Vines NV port

From £14.99, $48 Graham’s have been busy looking backwards over their shoulder (see Ne Oublie, for example). To celebrate ‘over...

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Sweet and strong assortment

See Sorting through the assortments for a guide to the collections of tasting notes already published and those yet to...

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Port-loving plutocrats sought by rivals

Ancient wood-aged port? Check. Late nineteenth century pedigree? Check. Hand-crafted presentation box? Check. Bespoke crystal decanter? Check. Scottish stopper? Check...