Jancis's diary – June 2024

A month in which the travel highlight was ballooning in Anatolia. We were not alone, as you can see.

Monday, 1 July 2024
ballooning in Cappadocia

We got back from our family holiday on Corfu just in time for the start of the month and a fine dinner at Harry’s Bar in London, where Maurizio Zanella of Ca’ del Bosco in Franciacorta launched the 1980(!) vintage of his top cuvée, Annamaria Clementi RS, the product of a full 42 years’ ageing on lees in bottle under cork, not crown cap. Needless to say, rich enough through ageing to need no dosage at all. When the 6,000 bottles...