My account of the (generally) delicious blind tasting of important European wines paired with non Europeans and - guess what? - total scores were virtually identical jancisrobinson.com/articles/judge…

See mastersofwine.org/david-molyneux…

Story of how 754 bottles of top vintage port, up to 100 years old, were found in NE England jancisrobinson.com/articles/vinta…

The neighbouring properties certainly suffered the consequences of neglected vineyards and the unchecked pests and diseases in them

French Court Seizes 9 Bordeaux Chateaux from Chinese Tycoon vino-joy.com/2024/05/16/chi…

Wise words on Bordeaux 2023 en primeur from Joss Fowler vinolent.net/2024/05/08/202…

My latest podcast, with the amazing ⁦Jancis Robinson⁩, is live on my site. A fascinating chat with the world’s leading wine writer. Link in bio.

Government is determined to push ahead with wine duty reform when the easement ends in Feb 2025. It raises no extra money for the Treasury, but introduces huge complexity and cost for wine businesses. It hits small companies and consumers hardest. Why are we doing it? Rishi Sunak

And to maintain all those charts...! Helped by Reasonably Good of Chester

thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/04/accola…

Superbly useful, detailed report by Gavin Quinney on the background to 2023 Bordeaux vintage to be touted this month jancisrobinson.com/articles/borde…

So many wine producers looking to India to make up for falling sales. There's just one day left to register for free webinar on how to attack the market by India's first MW Sonal Holland, Master of Wine

Busy tasting 2021 Napa Cabs in St Helena. My poor wrist. Most bottles are SO (completely unnecessarily) heavy!

Are you a fan of #Burgundy in #NYC ? There are only 60 seats available - but tickets are on sale now! gerardbassetfdn Bonhams Jancis Robinson pascaline lepeltier

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Looking forward to my book signing this Friday afternoon at K&L's store at 855 Harrison St, San Francisco exploretock.com/k-and-l-wine-m…

Very sad to report to his friends in wine that Mike Berry, husband of the late Liz Berry MW (my MW mentor), died suddenly this morning, I think at their home near St-Rémy-de-Provence. Cause unknown for the moment

See this post Charlie Bennett

Quite delicious

Continuing my series on assembling a cellar on a budget with some Italian suggestions jancisrobinson.com/articles/colle…

We mark UK #MothersDay with contributions from six top chefs on how their mothers inspired them, or not jancisrobinson.com/articles/mater…