France
Latest France
Tasting articles
The greatest-ever champagne vintage?
A comparative tasting of champagne from the highly acclaimed 1996 vintage and the overshadowed 1995. And a daring way to remove a recalcitrant champagne cork. Was 1996 the greatest-ever champagne...
Andy Howard MW
Monday 15 December 2025
• 2 min read
Wine news in 5
Protests in France, Domaine Sigalas acquisition, Vinarchy to cull wine brands
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
More France
Free for all
Today's competition entry is not the first article featuring sustainability that the author has written for JancisRobinson.com. 'Caro Feely is...
Free for all
Today's sustainability hero comes from the Loire and the competition entrant introduces herself thus: 'Allison Burton-Parker is the Marketing &...
Free for all
Robin Haworth writes: 'I am Paris-based and work in oil and gas. There are parallels between oil & wine, two...
Free for all
The next (unedited) entry to our sustainability heroes writing competition is from Alex Hill: 'I’m Alex. Like many in the...
Free for all
Robert Stanier is no stranger to our writing competitions, nor to our Members' forum, but for those who don’t know...
Free for all
Introducing her entry to our 2020 writing competition, Anna Hickson writes, 'My name is Anna and I hold the level...
Free for all
Roderick Smith MW offers us a deliciously escapist taste of Nice wine, together with these atmospheric images of Bellet.
As...
Free for all
Engaged Purple Pager Jonathan Reeve, author of How to abstain (and author of a useful guide to wine tourism which...
Inside information
A little French wine region with an explosive opportunity. See also my 40+ tasting notes. In this article I focus...
Tasting articles
A wallow in hand-picked wines from the French alps, courtesy of a hard-working author and publisher.
Wink Lorch should be...
Free for all
Dreaming of making wine in France? French bureaucracy is quite a hurdle to overcome, as Jamie Hutchinson of The Sampler...
Tasting articles
True value identified.
You may remember that one of my August rituals is a fine-wine tasting organised by my neighbour...
Tasting articles
An unexpected result from a blind comparison of vintage-dated Bolly ... plus a short report on yesterday's UK launch of...
Nick on restaurants
In my first book The Art of The Restaurateur (Phaidon, 2012), I profiled 20 top restaurateurs from around the world...
Nick on restaurants
I just wonder, is France on the turn? I speak in the gastronomic sense, of course, and my rhetorical question...
Tasting articles
Zubair Mohamed started selling wine at the back of his father's florist shop in Edinburgh in 1984. According to the...
Choose your plan
Celebrating 25 years of the world’s most trusted wine community
In honour of our anniversary, enjoy 25% off all annual and gift memberships for a limited time.
Use code HOLIDAY25 to join our community of wine experts and enthusiasts. Valid through 1 January.
Member
$135
/year
Ideal for wine enthusiasts
- Access 286,654 wine reviews & 15,832 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
Inner Circle
$249
/year
Ideal for collectors
- Access 286,654 wine reviews & 15,832 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
Professional
$299
/year
For individual wine professionals
- Access 286,654 wine reviews & 15,832 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
- Commercial use of up to 25 wine reviews & scores for marketing
Business
$399
/year
For companies in the wine trade
- Access 286,654 wine reviews & 15,832 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
- Commercial use of up to 250 wine reviews & scores for marketing