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Some wine really does get better with age, and not all of it is expensive. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. One of...
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 20 December 2025
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Berry's wine tasting for The Drinks Trust
11 November 2025 This event is now sold out. 30 October 2025 This worthwhile initiative needs your support, and you need an excuse to provide it while enjoying some exceptional...
Team JR
Thursday 30 October 2025
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Wind machines and candles once again brought into action in the vineyards of Bordeaux. In Pessac-Léognan, Ch Haut-Bailly's technical director...
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Winkler's climate classification with its Regions I to V is being updated to keep up with climate change.
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The second part of a survey of the most important wines just reaching their tenth birthday. See tasting notes on...
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A round winemaking peg in a round hole… See Cristal 2013 back to 1988 for details of the tasting where...
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See this guide to our coverage of 2012 bordeaux. Above La Mission Haut-Brion, one of the most successful left-bank wines...
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It's tough helping out the Queen with her wine collection.
You may imagine that in these pandemic-affected times, it has...
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See Grand Cercle 2019s – right-bank reds for the background to this tasting. See also this guide to our extensive...
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See this guide to our extensive coverage of 2019 bordeaux. Tasting notes on Grand Cercle left-bank reds and whites follow...
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A very interesting vintage whose best wines are big and bold. A version of this article is published by the...
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The 2018 vintage in Bordeaux seems unlikely to be remembered for its whites, whether dry or sweet. See this guide...
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The second of our three-part report on this massive blind tasting. See this overview, tasting notes on right-bank reds and...
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The first of our three reports on this year's blind-tasting marathon. See also this overview, tasting notes for left-bank reds...
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6 February 2022 Wonderful picture of Anthony Barton and his daughter Lilian, taken by author Simon Loftus when he was...
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