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Jancis's diary – October 2025
Two fabulous weekends, and a lot of tasting. The Tuscan weekend is exemplified by the outdoor Sunday lunch pictured above (unthinkable in London). I write this just before taking off...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 3 November 2025
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Jancis's diary - September 2025
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
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Jancis's diary – August 2025
Hot, hot, hot – and much quieter than usual. Above, one of Sylt’s many (delightfully cool) beaches. This month’s diary will be shorter than usual because I did very little...
Jancis Robinson
Monday 1 September 2025
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My taste buds thoroughly enjoyed themselves yesterday afternoon and evening, and my eyes were also stimulated by the beautiful spring...
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One French region I think has enormous potential and I have been following closely for at least the last 10...
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Why on earth are there two fairs promoting natural wine taking place at the same time in London this May...
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Nick and I landed at Heathrow at at 5.30 this morning and I am just wading through the post and...
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Gavin Monery is a winemaker with 10 years' experience, including stints at JL Chave in Hermitage and Cullen and Moss...
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The day before He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never refuse anything. Except it wasn’t...
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There has so far been only one thing wrong with the Eighth International Cool Climate Symposium here in Tasmania: the...
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It is often said that wine takes itself too seriously. That is indeed a grave shortcoming. However, when wine doesn't...
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We have been enjoying the plethora of Burgundy 2010 tastings in London this week, even if our awareness of our...
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This is the week that the UK fine wine trade goes mad for burgundy, or more particularly for showing samples...
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For years now the London Wine Trade Diary sees one of its busiest weeks in the second week of January...
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Known in the home country as Spätburgunder, German Pinot Noir has come a long way since the days of the...
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What a funny day yesterday was. I share a handful of the more unlikely scenes. 9.30 am Beaune autoroute service...
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Internet wine forums are on fire [and so, belatedly, is ours]. Well, they've been on fire for a few days...
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For two ideological adversaries, they seemed to agree on an awful lot. When they didn't, the essence of their conflict...
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The blood is slowly trickling back into my burgundy stream as I write, early the morning after attending the famous...
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