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Don't quote me Jancis's diary – November and December 2025

Jancis Robinson Friday 2 January 2026 • 1 min read

Book reviews The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides – book reviews

Six sleek guides for wine lovers wanting on-the-ground advice on what and where to drink and eat. The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides Bordeaux, by Georgie Hindle – ISBN 9781917084512 Napa...

Ben Colvill Monday 22 December 2025 • 1 min read

Old-vine Clairette at Château de St-Cosme

Tasting articles Rhône 2024 – other southern whites, rosés and VDNs

Gigondas Blanc lives up to its new appellation in 2024. Above, Clairette at Château de St-Cosme, one of the vintage’s standout producers. For more on the Rhône 2024 vintage, see...

Alistair Cooper MW Wednesday 10 December 2025 • 11 min read

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Domaine Gramenon sign with vineyards behind

Tasting articles

Rhône 2023 – other southern reds

A ton of great, ready-to-enjoy Côtes du Rhône reds here, as well as some structured, ageworthy cru wines. See this...

Alistair Cooper MW at Vacqueyras 2023 blind tasting

Tasting articles

Rhône 2023 – Gigondas and Vacqueyras reds

A challenging vintage for vineyards on sandy, light soils, though if you look hard enough, you'll find some impressive wines...

Tasting articles

Rhône 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape whites

Rich, ripe and approachable, with the best wines cellar-worthy to boot. See this guide to all our coverage of the...

Sign pointing to Château Rayas winery, with vineyard in background.

Tasting articles

Rhône 2023 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds

Vintage 2023 saw intense heat in the southern Rhône, but the best Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds are stunning. See this guide to...

Inside information

Vintage 2023 – southern Rhône

Record-breaking heat in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and environs led to some powerful wines. Ali reports from two weeks of travel and tasting...

Free for all

Rhône 2023 – a guide

A guide to our coverage of vintage 2023 in the Rhône Valley. Above, the Rhône viewed from vineyards in Ampuis...

Jean Gonon, Domaine Pierre Gonon (St-Joseph)

Tasting articles

Rhône 2023 – Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph and other northern reds

A combination of luck and careful picking resulted in some fine reds from the southern end of the northern Rhône...

Guillaume Clusel, Domaine Clusel-Roch (Côte Rôtie)

Tasting articles

Rhône 2023 – Cornas, Côte Rôtie and red Hermitage

A return to elegant reds in the northern Rhône after a string of solar years. For all of our coverage...

Tasting articles

Rhône 2023 – northern whites

Light, fresh and ready to enjoy. For an overview of the 2023 vintage, see Vintage 2023 – northern Rhône. Above...

Stormy skies over Hermitage hill in October 2024

Inside information

Vintage 2023 – northern Rhône

After a marathon tasting spree from Vienne to Valence, James Lawther finds the challenging vintage light on ageability but rich...

pigs Frankie and Digby and alpacas Vince and Pablo at Domaine Mirabeau

Wine news in 5

Flooding in Europe, frost in Australia, Veneto harvest begins, a new Rhône appellation

Plus, a potential change to the laws governing Germany’s VDP estates to help them weather the fallout of spring’s devastating...

Wine news in 5

Ontario strike update, hail in Ardèche, Accolade acquisitions, crisis distillation in Portugal

And, on a brighter note, Gigondas Blanc has arrived, and the Austrian digital wine atlas (shown above) just got even...

Tasting articles

Gigondas Blanc is here

As of the 2023 vintage, white wines are allowed to be produced in this prestigious Rhône appellation. Ali got to...

Wines of the week

Tablas Creek, Patelin de Tablas Blanc 2022 Paso Robles

The best-value wines, bar none, in Paso Robles come from this sustainably minded, Rhône-inspired winery. From $21.98 or £23 for...

Tasting articles

Chapoutier's 2023 Sélections Parcellaires

The latest single-vineyard wines from this long-standing champion of organic and biodynamic viticulture in France’s Rhône Valley and beyond. Jancis...