Jancis's diary – September 2024

If last month’s diary was a little short on action, this month’s is action-packed. Since I last wrote this diary I have, amazingly, met both a king and the Pope.

The king was the delightful 44-year-old wine-loving, Oxford-educated King Jigme Khesar of Bhutan during our week in this spectacular country at the end of August. I was there as a member of the fledgling and most unusual Bhutan Wine Company, about which you can read in Bhutan – now a wine producer. (I took the picture above as we took off from Bhutan...