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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
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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
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There are various landscapes that get under your skin. I've been on safari in southern Africa only once and for...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See also my earlier companion articles...
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See this guide to all our autumn collections. Below are some of the best-value wines we have come across in...
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Read more in Truly fortifying. As Alex wrote in Putting wine in context, we were both lucky enough to attend...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See associated tasting notes on Noval...
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Partly to celebrate his 20 years in charge of Quinta do Noval in the Douro valley, the port estate that...
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My enthusiastic account of the recently declared 2011 vintage ports provoked very different responses from the two major players in...
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See also The best 2011 reds made anywhere . Perhaps it's not great timing that traditionally vintage port has been...
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31 Jan – See a full obituary of Michael Symington written by his son Paul below. When I edited the...
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Quinta da Romaneira is one of the biggest wine estates in the Douro Valley and has been one of its...
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See my selection of top strong and sweet wines to be published tomorrow – JR According to both of the...
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