Jancis Robinson

From FOOD & DRINK Mar 8, 2013

The wine race

©Ingram Pinn

The Oxford v Cambridge wine tasting is an extraordinary match – held well before the Boat Race but taken just as seriously

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Mar 1, 2013

Château-not-so-neuf

The greatest shock is how pure and fresh the wines are that come out of Rayas’ dusty, cobwebby containers

Ingram Pinn's illustration of Valdeorras wine

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Feb 22, 2013

Waiting for Godello

I have a new enthusiasm – beautifully balanced fine whites from the local Godello grape grown inland of Rías Baixas

Illustration by Ingram Pinn of a wine glass with grapes

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Feb 15, 2013

Fifty shades of grape

‘This grape obsessive’s interest in unusual grape varieties is so marked that he prefers to remain anonymous’

An illustration by Ingram Pinn depicting Northern Rhône wine

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Feb 8, 2013

Points north: northern Rhône 2011 selection

‘Northern Rhône white grapes shrivelled in the August heat and were picked before the rains, making successful, if full-bodied, wines’

Bordeaux wine illustration by Ingram Pinn

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Feb 1, 2013

Too Bordelais to fail?

The best 2009s were beautifully balancedit was one of the most enjoyable Suffolk bordeaux tastings I can remember

Illustration by Ingram Pinn of two men carrying a crate of wine with a Canadian flag on it

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Jan 25, 2013

Canada warms up

There were more impressive whites than reds but – thanks to climate change – reds are no longer pale apologies for wine

illustration of a Burgundy wine by Ingram Pinn

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Jan 18, 2013

Beaunes to pick

In general, the 2011 burgundies are good at showing tasteable differences between vineyards

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Jan 11, 2013

Bonnes Nuits

Côte de Nuits are not wines that will have to be cellared for decades. They are characterised by truly burgundian delicacy

©Ingram Pinn From FOOD & DRINK Jan 4, 2013

Top 100 festive wines: sweet and strong

Fresh and nervy? Long and rich? Polished and glamorous? Take your pick

From FOOD & DRINK Dec 14, 2012

Top 100 festive wines – part three: blanc beauty

France continues to hog a lot of recommendations but top marks to one retailer for sourcing in strange-but-satisfying places

From FOOD & DRINK Dec 7, 2012

Top 100 festive wines - part two: well-bred reds

‘All these wines, culled from the 10,000 or so I taste each year, are thoroughly distinctive and superior’

From FOOD & DRINK Nov 30, 2012

Top 100 festive wines - part one: fine fizzes

Light and brisk or solid and savoury? Choose your Christmas bubbly with the first of our four-part series. Plus, win a magnum of Grand Cru champagne

From FOOD & DRINK Nov 23, 2012

A taste for heritage boosts local varieties

Appreciation of indigenous vines has prompted a global diversification away from just Merlot, Cabernet or Chardonnay

From FOOD & DRINK Nov 2, 2012

ABOUT JANCIS

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. She has presented several award-winning television programmes including Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course and Vintners’ Tales, and is a professional narrator.

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The Oxford v Cambridge wine tasting is an extraordinary match – held well before the Boat Race but taken just as seriously

The greatest shock is how pure and fresh the wines are that come out of Rayas’ dusty, cobwebby containers

I have a new enthusiasm – beautifully balanced fine whites from the local Godello grape grown inland of Rías Baixas

‘This grape obsessive’s interest in unusual grape varieties is so marked that he prefers to remain anonymous’

‘Northern Rhône white grapes shrivelled in the August heat and were picked before the rains, making successful, if full-bodied, wines’

The best 2009s were beautifully balancedit was one of the most enjoyable Suffolk bordeaux tastings I can remember

There were more impressive whites than reds but – thanks to climate change – reds are no longer pale apologies for wine

In general, the 2011 burgundies are good at showing tasteable differences between vineyards

Côte de Nuits are not wines that will have to be cellared for decades. They are characterised by truly burgundian delicacy

The rise in the incidence of vine wood diseases is worrying vignerons

Fresh and nervy? Long and rich? Polished and glamorous? Take your pick

France continues to hog a lot of recommendations but top marks to one retailer for sourcing in strange-but-satisfying places

‘All these wines, culled from the 10,000 or so I taste each year, are thoroughly distinctive and superior’

Light and brisk or solid and savoury? Choose your Christmas bubbly with the first of our four-part series. Plus, win a magnum of Grand Cru champagne

What do you get a wine lover for Christmas? Jancis Robinson shares her favourite gifts

Despite punitive taxation, India now has a thriving wine culture – or at least its vast middle class and ‘upper crust’ do

Hail, a vicious cold snap and a lack of rain have made 2012 an expensive and demanding vintage to make

Appreciation of indigenous vines has prompted a global diversification away from just Merlot, Cabernet or Chardonnay

Languedoc makes the sorts of wines that France does best: handmade wines shaped by the terrain in which they are grown

Included in this year’s Absolutely Cracking selection are three Beaujolais, three Crus Beaujolais and four wines made nearby

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