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A daughter revives memories of her parents’ much-loved Chinese restaurants.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/poons-now-somerset-house

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December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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1980's celebrity beckons: big spectacles, big hair, big opportunities. 

The fifth of our seven-part podcast series, this week featuring the inimitable Julian Barnes.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/jancis-robinson-story-episode-5-yielding

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December 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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A wide range of delicious reds for drinking and sharing over the holidays from around £10 upwards. Jancis reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/red-wines-2025-festive-season

#jancisrobinson #festivewine #christmaswine #redwinelovers #wineknowledge #winetasting #winereviews
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Tara's WoW – a rare Austrian variety revived and worthy of a place at the table. From €13.15, £20.10, $24.19.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/fritsch-roter-veltliner-2024-wagram

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December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The fine sparkling-wine producers of Oregon are getting organised.

Pictured, Lytle-Barnett’s Windfall vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/oregon-enters-its-bubble-era

#jancisrobinson #winetasting #winereviews #winelovers #oregonwine
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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A scathing take on the wine industry that reminds us to keep asking questions – about wine, and about everything else.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/wine-snobbery-book-review

#jancisrobinson #winewriting #bookreviews #bookreview #wine #wineindustry
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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More than 120 Greek wines tasted in the Peloponnese and in London.

Julia reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/greek-wines-northern-peloponnese-and-london

#jancisrobinson #winesofgreece #greekwines #winetasting #winereviews #winewriting
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Yoko Obara highlights what’s possibly the most exciting wine region in Japan today. An ever-growing range of wineries here are building on a history that reaches back to the Meiji era.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/japan-wine-trip-through-nagano

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December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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A look back – and forward – at the world’s oldest wine charity auction, from a former bidder. Andy reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/hospices-de-beaune-wine-auction-2025

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December 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Wines for the festive season, pulled from our last month of tastings.

Pictured, fog over the California vineyards of Haliotide, a winery focused exclusively on single-vineyard sparkling wines.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/wine-discoveries-november-2025

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December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The wines Brunello producers are most proud of from the 2021 vintage, assessed.

Pictured, ripe grapes in San Polino’s Helichrysum vineyard.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/brunello-2021-single-vineyard-and-selezione-wines

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December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Volcanic Wine Awards for 2026 – competition now open.

A fantastic opportunity for producers to have wines from volcanic-derived soils tasted blind by expert judging panels.

Full details and to enter:

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/volcanic-wine-awards-2026
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Following Walter’s overview of the vintage last Friday, here’s the first instalment of his wine reviews.

Pictured, Leonardo Berti winemaker at Poggio di Sotto, who produced one of the standout wines of the vintage.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/brunello-2021-estate-wines

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December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Instead of my usual monthly diary, here’s a look back over the last quarter- (and half-) century!

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/fine-wine-crew-assembled-over-25-years

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December 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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A new restaurant in one of central London’s busiest fast-food nuclei is strongly Spanish-influenced. Nick reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/alta-oasis-calm-now

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November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The fourth of a new seven-part podcast series. Tune in to hear what Oz Clarke and a certain former proprietor of L’Escargot have to say on Jancis’s life and career so far

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/jancis-robinson-story-episode-4-fruiting

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November 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Nick pays tribute to two notable forces in British food, curtailed far too early. Skye Gyngell, pictured.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/farewell-rachel-cooke-and-skye-gyngell
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Jancis's recommendations of very varied wines for very varied budgets, from £11.50 to £60 a bottle.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/white-and-pink-wines-2025-festive-season

#jancisrobinson #winesoftheworld #christmaswine #festivewine #goodvaluewines #wine #winelovers
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Jancis's WoW – Chile and Tuscany’s signature grape make an unusual, but winning, combination. From £19.95, $30.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/la-despensa-sangiovese-colchagua

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November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Montalcino has finally produced a map of its vineyards, but 2021 reveals the producers that triumph irrespective of geography.

Such as Luca Fanti of La Palazzetta, pictured.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/brunello-vintage-2021-new-reference-points-montalcino

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November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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An attractive and solid vintage to enjoy in its youth. Alistair Cooper reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/rhone-2024-crozes-hermitage-st-joseph-and-other-northern-reds

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November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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The first of Ali’s reports on Rhône reds from the tricky 2024 vintage.

See yesterday’s articles for an overview of the vintage in the northern Rhône as well as reviews of the white wines.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/rhone-2024-cornas-cote-rotie-and-red-hermitage

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November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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A Chardonnay from Bordeaux is among this month’s collection from Singapore. Richard reports.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/singapour-november-2025

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November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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In some cases, whites have the upper hand over reds in 2024.

Alistair Cooper reports from the Rhône.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/rhone-2024-northern-whites

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November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Despite the incessant rain, another vintage to add to the region’s run of good years.

Pictured, the town of Ampuis and the River Rhône viewed from the vineyards of Condrieu.

https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/northern-rhone-vintage-2024-overview

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November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM