Flavours of the month – February

February 2012 brought 62 new articles and 718 new tasting notes to JancisRobinson.com. Topics varied from classics – Krug, Chave, Margaux – to moderns – Erbaluce, Koshu, Michigan – and even included that rare (but not unprecedented) beast, a wine of the week from English vineyards.

Here are some of the highlights.

• A rare collection of Krug champagnes as tasted by Jancis in Eight (surprising) Krugs for breakfast
• Some exciting old vine Carignans from Chile
• Walter's enthusiastic write-up of Piemontese white variety Erbaluce – grape discovery of the year
• Richard on meeting DRC for the first time
• Julia's snapshot of Australian Semillon
• A Chave Hermitage vertical
• The final part of Michael's review of Grosse Gewächse – the other grapes
• The results of various experiments with screwcaps, stems and biodynamics in Discovery and disclosure at Ch Margaux
• A look at Japan's signature variety Koshu in the UK
• Some tasty Blaufränkisch from Moric
• That English Wine of the week: Stopham Vineyards Pinot Gris 2010
  
• Our newest columnist Alex Hunt's debut on Purple pages, asking Is typicity always good?
• ... and not forgetting Nick on the latest incarnation of Soho stalwart Quo Vadis, the latest steak sensation in Mayfair as well as Eating out in and around Hobart