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              Jancis Robinson

              Jancis Robinson has been writing and broadcasting about wine since 1975, and has been the FT’s wine correspondent since 1989. Her principal occupation nowadays is www.jancisrobinson.com but she is also responsible for many of the standard reference books on wine including The Oxford Companion to Wine and, with Hugh Johnson, The World Atlas of Wine.

              She qualified as a Master of Wine, the first from outside the wine trade, in 1984, and regularly judges and lectures about wine around the world. Her BBC Maestro course, An Understanding of Wine, launched in February 2022. She has presented several award-winning television programmes including Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course and Vintners’ Tales, and is a professional narrator.

              Email Jancis Robinson @JancisRobinson  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
              • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
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                A guide to the best affordable wines from the southern hemisphere

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              • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
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                The Fever-Tree founder on a mission to gin up the sherry scene

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              • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
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                How to build a cellar on a budget: the Americas

                A guide to affordable North American wine, and South American wine worth ageing

              • Saturday, 25 May, 2024
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                Germany’s new generation of winegrowers

                The dark days of sweet wine and poor quality have never felt further away

              • Saturday, 18 May, 2024
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                A castle, a forgotten cellar and a vintage port extravaganza 

                The underground treasures of Raby Castle are finally seeing the light of day

              • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
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                Iberia offers rich pickings for wine enthusiasts working to a price

              • Saturday, 4 May, 2024
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                How to become a Napa Valley wine mogul without ever touching a vine

                The path to success is paved with management companies and consultants

              • Saturday, 27 April, 2024
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                The Sancerre success story

                How the tiny, friendly French region became a global sensation

              • Saturday, 20 April, 2024
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                Napa Valley is California’s wine barometer, an expensive one

                Big corporations — and lots of tourists — are changing the West Coast’s most famous wine-growing region

              • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
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                What wines are trend-conscious Italians drinking? 

                It’s time to look beyond the obvious regions and wine types

              • Saturday, 6 April, 2024
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                How to build a cellar on a budget: a guide to central Europe

                Advice on choosing the best Riesling, Grüner Veltliner, Blaufränkisch and more

              • Saturday, 30 March, 2024
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                Cork vs screwcap: which is better for the planet?

                Cork has been on the out for a while — but now it’s got fashionable natural credentials 

              • Saturday, 23 March, 2024
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                The surprising wines that pair best with red meat 

                Top-quality tri-tip and a mixed bag of bottles lead to some happy discoveries 

              • Saturday, 16 March, 2024
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                It’s Spain’s turn for a wine revolution

                The Viñateros movement is a significant shake-up for vineyards

              • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
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                How to build a wine cellar

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                An illustration of a person hugging multiple green bottles, surrounded by numerous bottles of various shapes and sizes on a yellow background
              • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
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                How to build a wine cellar: a guide to Italian wines

                Barolo alternatives, the rehabilitation of Chianti Classico and which white wines age well

              • Saturday, 2 March, 2024
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                What 500 (collective) years in the wine business teaches you

                Notes from my recent knees-up with fellow ‘1950 Babes’

              • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
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                How to build a wine cellar: a guide to French wines that age well

                The second instalment of Jancis Robinson’s cellar series includes burgundy, champagne and Rhône wines

              • Saturday, 3 February, 2024
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                The month I went off wine

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              • Saturday, 27 January, 2024
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                Dispatch from a drunken tasting of 2002 versus 2004 champagnes

                Even a wine writer has their limits — for example, tasting 50 bottles of champagne

              • Saturday, 20 January, 2024
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                One man and his extraordinary cellar: the Luigi Veronelli story

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              • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
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                How to build a cellar: a guide to affordable bordeaux

                Bottle recommendations, plus an explanation of ‘second wines’, ‘super seconds’ and storage

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