Wine ratings, reviews, and news | Jancis Robinson
Explore wine ratings, reviews, and news by the Jancis Robinson editorial team. Discover expert insights, grape varieties, wine regions, and more.
The Yellow Bittern | Jancis Robinson
Nov 3, 2024 · The menu, on Wednesday 23 October, day three of the restaurant’s existence, was modern Irish in its brevity and content. It read: soda bread (£6); radishes and butter (£7); potage Crécy (carrot soup £8); Dublin Coddle (£20); guinea fowl and wood-pigeon pie (£40); roast guinea fowl (£26); green salad (£6); Irish cheeses (£14); and an apple pie and a rum savarin (£9 each).
Beyond vinifera | Jancis Robinson
Oct 19, 2024 · In a vineyard in the cool, wet climate of Denmark recently I was able to compare the performance of spindly, yellow-leaved vinifera Riesling with the healthy, luxuriant, bright green, photosynthesis-promoting leaves of disease-resistant Phoenix planted in the next row (in the foreground of the picture above). The vine-grower, Søren Hartvig Jensen of Kelleris winery, explained that Solaris is ...
Fizz for the 2024 festive season | Jancis Robinson
Nov 30, 2024 · The first of four collections of suggested wines for the Christmas holidays. Look out for others on the next three Saturdays. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also our tasting article Festive fizz 2024.. French Crémants, made in the same way as champagne, can be some of the best-value sparkling wines.
Vega Sicilia – new releases 2025 | Jancis Robinson
Dec 18, 2024 · Spain's most prestigious winery releases its new vintages to the public in January. Ferran gets an early look. Above, barrels under the vaulted ceiling of Vega Sicilia's cellar.
The Wine Society autumn/winter 2024 | Jancis Robinson
Nov 4, 2024 · Buy now before prices go up, as they inevitably will. The Wine Society outdid itself for value in the wines it showed to the media last month.
Wine vintages - Jancis Robinson
Vintages. Growing seasons vary enormously from year to year. Here's your free guide to the most relevant vintages in the most significant regions. We think these brief descriptions are more useful than a numerical score.
Stars of South Africa – sparkling, white, rosé | Jancis Robinson
Oct 23, 2024 · South Africa should be the role model for any region challenged by heat and drought, Tam says, as it has become so good at producing exceptionally fine, elegant wine – like the 130 wines reviewed below.
2024 harvest report – California, Oregon and Washington
Oct 31, 2024 · 1 January to 30 September 2024: mean temperature departures from 1991–2020 computed averages. Precipitation has, similarly, been fairly in line with...
Austrian sparkling wine – delicious and diverse | Jancis Robinson
Dec 20, 2024 · Unexpected, excellent and affordable, Austria’s sparkling wines are worth stocking up on. Above, bottles resting in the cellar of Weingut Loimer (credit: Andreas Hofer). The champagne buckets beckoned, the fat bottles cooling in them promising palate relief after hours of tasting seriously ...