Jancis Robinson. Tasting articles. Sadie Family's 2023 releases. South Africa's best-known wine authority Michael Fridjhon reviews the latest from South... 13 Sep 2023. Guest contributor. Wines of the week. Haut Espoir, Cloudfall 2020 and Gentle Giant 2017 Franschhoek.The Zuccardis have a total of 280 ha in the Uco Valley at up to 1,400 m on several sites. The one in Altamira they call Piedra Infinita because the stones they had to clear to make way for the vines filled a thousand truckloads. And still the vineyard is dotted with giant cairns of stones the size of suitcases. The big daddy of them all, the British wine trade's professional educational body now runs courses at a variety of levels for 85,000 students in over 70 different countries and 18 languages. Many non professionals now take the courses too. The WSET Diploma exam is virtually a pre-requisite for the Master of Wine course (see below). Jancis Robinson. November 17 2022. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Champagne has become a thing to …Photos taken from nyetimber.com. Since April 2018, Nyetimber Classic Cuvée has been reviewed in our tasting notes database seven times, with only one score below 17 (which was for a half-bottle). Jancis scored it 17.5 twice. The average score is far ahead of the non-vintage equivalents from Roederer, Bollinger, Pol Roger and many …Piquette is a third wine. The first wine is from free-run juice, the second from pressed grapes, and the third, from the leftover grape skins and seeds themselves. Piquette’s North American pioneer is Todd Cavallo from Wild Arc Farm in the Hudson Valley region of New York state. Todd’s family began farming vegetables and herbs, …To make a pink or red wine, you of course need pigment from dark-skinned grapes. All reds are made by prolonged contact with dark grape skins. Most still rosés are made by very brief maceration of dark grape skins with the juice. Some pink champagnes are too. But most rosé champagne, exceptionally, is made by adding on average about … The progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour. The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay ' s 'vanilla', Cabernet is much more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces ... NINGXIA – MOST PROMISING WINES. He Lan Qing Xue, Jaibeilan Grand Reserve 2009 Ningxia. This wine, made by Jing Zhang, pictured above, at the government-run model winery, famously won a trophy in last year's Decanter World Wine Awards. The special 'red footprints' bottling is even better and won the Ningxia Wine Awards I judged …In continued celebration of old vines comes this overperforming South African Chenin, courtesy of Richard. It also echoes the enthusiasm expressed for this particular combination shared in last Monday's tasting article. Various vintages from €12.95, 245 rand, £13.99, $19.69, CA$23.99, HK$190, 159.95 Danish kroner, 3,300 Kenyan shillings, 119 ...Mar 1, 2024 · A bright, refreshing Garnacha from Catalunya, Spain, from just €8.60, £15.53, or... 1 Mar 2024. Jancis Robinson. Wines of the week. Here is the story of one young female winemaker that nicely illustrates the current evolutionary state of the wine world. Emma Gao was born and raised in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia, a remote and impoverished province in central China. After studying literature, she was somehow able to study economic agriculture at university in what was ...Jancis Robinson. Tasting articles. Keller's new releases – 2021 and 2022 . The Kellers prove once again their ability to adapt – in both... 24 Mar 2023. Julia Harding MW. Tasting articles. The wine world's secret – …The standard champagne bottle used to weigh 900 g, but recently some producers have reduced this to 835 g. We have been using 785 g bottles for some years and have had no problems with bottle breakages. As you say, many producers are reducing the pressure in the bottle, so a heavy glass champagne bottle is somewhat over-engineered …For the sake of convenience, let's say the average is 142 kg. So, 1.42 kg of grapes makes one litre of wine. Therefore, if one hectare of Le Musigny yields 3,500 litres, there must be around 5,000 kg of fruit (because 5,000 divided by 1.42 equals 3,500, near enough). Hence why yield can also be expressed in tonnes per hectare – in this case ...What future for expertise? 3 May 2018 In our Throwback Thursday series of articles from our archives, we are republishing this three-year-old consideration of the dramatic effect of social media on the role of the wine critic, and supposed experts in other fields. 5 September 2015 This is a longer version of an article published on the front of ... Wine maps of the world. Since Hugh Johnson launched The World Atlas of Wine in 1971, it has sold over 4.7m copies worldwide in eight comprehensively revised editions, four of them co-authored by Jancis. Enjoy exclusive access to these fully searchable maps from the most recent, 2019 edition. A. Ridge Monte Bellissimo savoured. 30 November 2022 In their 1 and 2 December London sale, Christie's will be offering 60 lots of Ridge wine direct from the cellar, many in large formats. More details here. 12 November 2022 A landmark California Cabernet tasting and what it proves. See also Monte Bello v Napa for more detail and …Piquette is a third wine. The first wine is from free-run juice, the second from pressed grapes, and the third, from the leftover grape skins and seeds themselves. Piquette’s North American pioneer is Todd Cavallo from Wild Arc Farm in the Hudson Valley region of New York state. Todd’s family began farming vegetables and herbs, …Burgundy's white wine outpost is one of France's most northern and it is hardly surprising therefore that the wines are naturally relatively sinewy, high in acidity and steely rather than luscious and oaky. This is an archetypally refreshing, long-lived style of white wine which very few wine regions, possibly none other than Chablis, can produce.Chardonnay. The most famous vine variety of all. So powerful is the C-word on a wine label that, like Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay has virtually no synonyms – although in Styria in southern Austria some winemakers persist with the tradition of calling it Morillon. In the 1980s something extremely important to the history of wine happened ...Jancis Robinson was born on 22 April 1950 in Cumbria, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Food & Drink (1982), Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) and Biography (1987). Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Pinot Blanc. 'Useful rather than exciting' would be a fair description of this versatile grape variety, the white-berried mutation of Pinot, part of the vast family of vaguely Burgundian vines. Auxerrois, one of dozens of progenies of Pinot and the rather obscure, ordinary white grape widely planted in Burgundy in medieval times, Gouais Blanc ... We are delighted to give members of JancisRobinson.com exclusive access to this easily searchable version of The Oxford Companion to Wine online – including audio pronunciation guides to nearly 2,500 terms. This is the fourth edition of this much-garlanded reference work, published in September 2015. We have continually corrected and …Chile is a particularly enthusiastic exporter of bulk wine and earns the highest average price per litre for it. According to the OIV, the global wine statistics-gatherer, the total volume of wine shipped around the world in bulk rose 61% between 2005 and 2012 to represent more than 40% of all exported wine. That date 2005 is significant.Palomino Fino was once widely planted in South Africa but most of the wine is used for distilling or basic blends. It was widely planted in Galicia once. Sometimes shortened to just Palomino but properly named Palomino Fino, to distinguish it from the coarser Palomino Basto it has replaced, this is the sherry grape, grown around Jerez de la ... Professional. $239.99. per year. The same 48-hour preview enjoyed by our gold members, plus permission for limited commercial reuse of individual tasting notes. . Join. May 6, 2023 · We have to be humble.’. Peynaud’s successors at the University of Bordeaux, currently Professors Geny, Guittard, Lavigne and Marchal, produce a detailed report on the growing season every year. In their 2022 vintage report they underline the effect of the long hot, dry summer which led to a worrying low acidity level in the grapes at harvest. Last month, along with my fellow members of the RHWC, I spent a morning in the cellars under the Palace tasting blind 31 whites and 31 reds submitted as potential wines for this year's royal receptions at prices from £4.12 a bottle for a Rosso Piceno from Italy to £7.50 for Justerini & Brooks' favourite white Mâcon-Uchizy. Hardly extravagant.Jancis Robinson. Tasting articles. Keller's new releases – 2021 and 2022 . The Kellers prove once again their ability to adapt – in both... 24 Mar 2023. Julia Harding MW. Tasting articles. The wine world's secret – …The JancisRobinson.com Podcast on Apple Podcasts. 17 episodes. From renowned writer, critic, and master of wine Jancis Robinson, alongside her team at JR.com, this flagship podcast celebrates the people, places and pours redefining the landscape of wine.Accelerated by the warm spring and hot summer, 2018 brought the earliest ever harvest in Austria. Yields were above average, with lower acidities than normal, especially in whites, many of which lack focus. Fully ripe reds are rather more promising, albeit in a concentrated style. See Jancis's report here.Dec 23, 2023 · Jancis Robinson. December 22 2023. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. My leading impression of this year has been that prices of mainstream... Jancis Robinson. Writer: Food & Drink. Jancis Robinson was born on 22 April 1950 in Cumbria, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Food & Drink (1982), Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) and Biography (1987). Jancis Robinson. 25 Jun 2011. Free for all. Italy. Puglia. Getting to grips with Puglia. Free for all. Italy. Puglia. This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See my reviews of 232 current Puglian wines in …Samantha Cole-Johnson. Sam, Senior Editor US, has been writing for JancisRobinson.com since her Diary of a Willamette cellar rat series in 2019. Since then, she has worked five harvests (bouncing hemispheres), collected her DipWSET, been shortlisted once for a Roederer International Wine Writers Award and twice for the IWSC …Accordingly, France’s total plantings of Mourvèdre increased eightfold in the last three decades of the 20th century and Mourvèdre is now an increasingly important ingredient in reds made around Châteauneuf-du-Pape, adding considerable flesh to the blend, typically representing 10% of a blend dominated by Grenache with a bit of Syrah too.Wine Critic Jancis Robinson's Latest Picks and Next Moves. Leisure. Drinks. Drinking With Jancis. The world’s most influential wine critic would like to have a …In January last year, OW Loeb held its annual en primeur burgundy tasting as usual, showing off the popular 2015 vintage. Orders from the swelling ranks of burgundy lovers flooded in, along with cash from those expecting to take delivery of their 2015s in the next few months. A similar tasting and offer of German 2016s was made in June.Barbera is an easy vine to grow, and in the south of Italy is treasured for its usefully high level of acidity, so is it is widely planted not just in Piemonte. It is by far the most common grape in Lombardy around Milan, particularly in Oltrepò Pavese where it comes in every imaginable shade of crimson and degree of fizziness.Jancis Robinson. 11 Aug 2009. Free for all. blending. The virtues of blending. Free for all. blending. Eben Sadie (pictured) is widely regarded by South Africa's younger wine producers as a prophet in his own land, if not in Priorat, northern Spain, where he also grows and makes Dits del Terra. Accordingly, France’s total plantings of Mourvèdre increased eightfold in the last three decades of the 20th century and Mourvèdre is now an increasingly important ingredient in reds made around Châteauneuf-du-Pape, adding considerable flesh to the blend, typically representing 10% of a blend dominated by Grenache with a bit of Syrah too. Accelerated by the warm spring and hot summer, 2018 brought the earliest ever harvest in Austria. Yields were above average, with lower acidities than normal, especially in whites, many of which lack focus. Fully ripe reds are rather more promising, albeit in a concentrated style. See Jancis's report here.Grenache is an unlikely hero of a grape. Until recently reviled or at best ignored in much of the world, it is the grape chiefly responsible for two of the world's more celebrated reds, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and, a more recent star, Priorat. Part of Grenache's problem is that it is so widely planted. Although in this century much of it has been uprooted as part of the … Accordingly, France’s total plantings of Mourvèdre increased eightfold in the last three decades of the 20th century and Mourvèdre is now an increasingly important ingredient in reds made around Châteauneuf-du-Pape, adding considerable flesh to the blend, typically representing 10% of a blend dominated by Grenache with a bit of Syrah too. Viognier could truly be said to be the hedonist's white grape variety, even if it is often the vintner's headache – and the drinker's headache too, come to that – for it has to be left on the vine for a very long time before its characteristic heady aroma fully develops. This has variously been described as reminiscent of apricots, May ...On the other hand, there is a temperature, about 30 °C (86 °F), above which a wine's more volatile compounds may be boiled off forever, and the colour and clarity is affected. In very general terms the ideal wine storage temperature is probably between 10 and 15 °C (50 and 59 °F), but no great harm will come to wine stored between 15 and 20 ...Ridge Monte Bellissimo savoured. 30 November 2022 In their 1 and 2 December London sale, Christie's will be offering 60 lots of Ridge wine direct from the cellar, many in large formats. More details here. 12 November 2022 A landmark California Cabernet tasting and what it proves. See also Monte Bello v Napa for more detail and …Terrantez do Pico 2015 IGP Açores. Complex nose with intense resin, volcanic earth, apple blossoms, iodine. Honey on the palate, marzipan, excellent structure with good maturity and balanced acidity. Very long, with lime and iodine flavours. A great Atlantic wine, somehow reminiscent of a German Riesling.Grenache is an unlikely hero of a grape. Until recently reviled or at best ignored in much of the world, it is the grape chiefly responsible for two of the world's more celebrated reds, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and, a more recent star, Priorat. Part of Grenache's problem is that it is so widely planted. Although in this century much of it has been uprooted as part of the … Wine maps of the world. Since Hugh Johnson launched The World Atlas of Wine in 1971, it has sold over 4.7m copies worldwide in eight comprehensively revised editions, four of them co-authored by Jancis. Enjoy exclusive access to these fully searchable maps from the most recent, 2019 edition. A. Jancis Robinson’s guide to the best — and best-value — festive ports, sherries, madeiras and more Then there were two champagnes that were almost as outstanding as the Bollinger Rosé.Chardonnay. The most famous vine variety of all. So powerful is the C-word on a wine label that, like Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay has virtually no synonyms – although in Styria in southern Austria some winemakers persist with the tradition of calling it Morillon. In the 1980s something extremely important to the history of wine happened ... 2016. Hail, frost and mildew all made 2016 an extremely difficult year for makers of red burgundy. Yields were universally low, and the fruit had less concentration than in 2015. Beyond that, generalisations are impossible due to the complicated meteorological patterns throughout the year, creating very varied conditions in each sub-region. They also know that Semillon grapes, underrated in much of the world, can produce arguably much more interesting, subtle and long-lived dry white wines than the Sauvignon Blanc that is so often grown alongside – not least in Sauternes and Barsac where the standard recipe is 80% Semillon to 20% Sauvignon Blanc plus a dash of the local …Jancis Robinson is the FT’s wine columnist and founder-editor of ‘The Oxford Companion to Wine’ Listen to our podcast, Culture Call , where FT editors and special guests discuss life and art ...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.Dec 28, 2022 · Burgundy 2021 – not a washout Jancis Robinson 9 October 2021. De Vogüé’s new winemaker Jancis Robinson 27 September 2021. Bouchard Père et Fils Meursaults Jancis Robinson 20 July 2021. Burgundy 2021 so far – cool and damp Anthony Hanson MW 8 July 2021. How are Burgundy’s vines now? Philippe Pascal 8 June 2021 SUPERIOR SAUVIGNON BLANCS. De Grendel Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Cape Town 13.5%. £11.99 Waitrose. Terrapura, Gran Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2022 San Antonio, Chile 13%. £11.99 Waitrose. Blank Canvas ... Pinot Blanc. 'Useful rather than exciting' would be a fair description of this versatile grape variety, the white-berried mutation of Pinot, part of the vast family of vaguely Burgundian vines. Auxerrois, one of dozens of progenies of Pinot and the rather obscure, ordinary white grape widely planted in Burgundy in medieval times, Gouais Blanc ... Fermented with wild yeast, one-third in barrel and two-thirds in stainless steel, before ageing on fine lees in 500-litre third-fill and fourth-fill Hungarian barrels. TA 7.8 g/l, RS 8.4 g/l. Sharp, bright, edgy, packed with fruit but no frivolous sweetness. A melange of green, orange and yellow citrus.They also know that Semillon grapes, underrated in much of the world, can produce arguably much more interesting, subtle and long-lived dry white wines than the Sauvignon Blanc that is so often grown alongside – not least in Sauternes and Barsac where the standard recipe is 80% Semillon to 20% Sauvignon Blanc plus a dash of the local …Jancis Robinson is the FT’s wine columnist and founder-editor of ‘The Oxford Companion to Wine’. Listen to our podcast, Culture Call, where FT editors and special … Wines for special medical conditions. Diabetics should take care to choose bone dry wines, for example Chablis, Muscadet, Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé, Fino and Manzanilla sherry and most European red wines – so long as they are relatively low in alcohol. Wines sold specifically as Diabetic are usually low in both sugar and alcohol. 2012. Looks good for the Rhône, against the trend of the year in Europe at large. It is defined by lower than average potential alcohol – indeed some chaptalisation was practised. Acidities are also generally below the norm, while tannins are more pronounced than in 2011. As they age, 2012 is proving to be a very inconsistent vintage.Mar 1, 2024 · A bright, refreshing Garnacha from Catalunya, Spain, from just €8.60, £15.53, or... 1 Mar 2024. Jancis Robinson. Wines of the week. Dec 23, 2023 · Jancis Robinson. December 22 2023. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. My leading impression of this year has been that prices of mainstream... Jancis Robinson. 25 Jun 2011. Free for all. Italy. Puglia. Getting to grips with Puglia. Free for all. Italy. Puglia. This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See my reviews of 232 current Puglian wines in …Loom, Long Yarn Pinot Noir 2021 Adelaide Hills (13.5%) Unlike many Pinots, this one is savoury rather than sweet. Attractive red for drinking without food. £19.99 Virgin Wines. Neudorf, Tom’s ...Jancis Robinson has been writing about wine since 1975, which is a long time to do anything but a particularly long time to cover a complicated industry that changes seasonally. Her professional ...The progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour. The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay ' s 'vanilla', Cabernet is much more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces ...Oct 26, 2023 · South African brilliance 2023 – reds. A follow-up to our 133 tasting notes on current SA sparkling, white... 24 Oct 2023. Jancis Robinson. Tamlyn Currin. Tasting articles. America’s domestic glass bottle industry has been shrinking too: between 2005 and 2011 a total of 11 US glass container manufacturing plants closed, leaving 43. The Observatory of Economic Complexity ( OEC) estimated that in 2019 the US trade deficit between imports and exports of glass containers was $1.22 billion.The Zuccardis have a total of 280 ha in the Uco Valley at up to 1,400 m on several sites. The one in Altamira they call Piedra Infinita because the stones they had to clear to make way for the vines filled a thousand truckloads. And still the vineyard is dotted with giant cairns of stones the size of suitcases.Jancis Robinson. 11 Apr 2020. Free for all. natural wine. sulphites. labelling. Natural wine defined. Free for all. natural wine. sulphites. labelling. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Natural v industrial wine, which puts the topic in historical perspective.The Oxford Companion to Wine, 5th edition. Edited by Julia Harding and Jancis Robinson with Tara Q Thomas. Published by Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198871316. RRP £50, $65, CA$80. The book is widely available from today, for example from the following sellers: Oxford University Press (UK) Oxford University Press …Dec 23, 2023 · Jancis Robinson. December 22 2023. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. My leading impression of this year has been that prices of mainstream... The progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour. The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay ' s 'vanilla', Cabernet is much more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces ...Sicilia. Sicily is as fascinating to students of the modern wine world as it is to those of ancient civilisations. This large island, not far from the African coast, regularly produces as much wine as Australia, Chile and Bulgaria put together – and is dramatically upgrading the quality of its better wines. Like Puglia, it was a key supplier ...Jancis Robinson. Published 2006. This is a fully revised, updated and expanded edition of one of my most useful books, the one I've come to call Oxford Lite – a full colour, beautifully designed, bells-and-whistles introduction to wine designed for those who don't necessarily know anything at all about it – but all ...Tempranillo is best known as the dominant grape of red rioja, Spain's most famous wine. To make a parallel with the most celebrated blended red wine in the world, red bordeaux, Tempranillo plays the Cabernet Sauvignon part while the much juicier, fruitier Garnacha (known in France as Grenache) plays the role of plumper blending partner Merlot.Dec 23, 2023 · Jancis Robinson. December 22 2023. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. My leading impression of this year has been that prices of mainstream... Zinfandel. The story of Zinfandel is like a romantic thriller, a mystery I have been following over the last 30 years and one that was solved only a very few years ago. By the middle of the 19th century a vine variously called Zinfandel and Zinfandal had established itself in northern California and was prized for its productivity.Our fearless and hard-working Italy editor Walter has worked with Italian wine for many years, including a stint as buyer at the Michelin-starred Le Pont de la Tour in London. Walter has written for us since 2008, and he also contributes to The World Atlas of Wine, The Oxford Companion to Wine and Decanter magazine. 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Mar 11, 2024 · The JancisRobinson.com Podcast on Apple Podcasts. 17 episodes. From renowned writer, critic, and master of wine Jancis Robinson, alongside her team at JR.com, this flagship podcast celebrates the people, places and pours redefining the landscape of wine. The curiosity of the northern Rhône is St-Péray, both still and sparkling white made from Marsanne and Roussanne grapes of increasing quality. It's not difficult to see why vine-growing is relatively uncommon on the steep, wooded banks of the Rhône south of Lyons. These vineyards, probably the oldest in France, have had to be etched into the ...Pinot Grigio. This white-wine-producing mutation of Pinot Noir is enjoying a wave of popularity perhaps greater than it has ever known, and certainly on a wider geographical scale, even if it is relatively rarely known by its true French name Pinot Gris. Until recently Pinot Gris was probably known mainly in Alsace (as Tokay d'Alsace ...Barbera is an easy vine to grow, and in the south of Italy is treasured for its usefully high level of acidity, so is it is widely planted not just in Piemonte. It is by far the most common grape in Lombardy around Milan, particularly in Oltrepò Pavese where it comes in every imaginable shade of crimson and degree of fizziness.Jan 1, 2015 · RIP Serge Hochar. Bad news travels horribly fast. Thanks to a call from an audibly shaken Michael Broadbent, I was given to understand that Serge Hochar of Chateau Musar suffered a fatal accident while swimming on a New Year’s holiday in Acapulco, Mexico to celebrate his 75th birthday last November. By the time of the call about an hour ago ... The progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour. The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay ' s 'vanilla', Cabernet is much more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces ...In 2018, the official harvest of wine grapes from the vineyards was 182,569 tonnes, of which wineries processed 151,938 tonnes (giving 1.04 million hl/27.5 million gal) and the rest going to home-made wines. Forecasts for 2019 suggest that wine production was down to 908,000 hl from 126,800 tonnes, so a further decrease.In 1891, when wine production in the rest of Europe had plummeted thanks to the predations of phylloxera, Mallorca had 30,000 hectares (74,130 acres) of vines churning out wine that was exported to fill the gap, but the vine-guzzling insect arrived eventually and by 1902 there were just 3,000 ha (7,410 acres).Jancis Robinson is the FT’s wine columnist and founder-editor of ‘The Oxford Companion to Wine’. Listen to our podcast, Culture Call, where FT editors and special …A new initiative set to reduce wine-bottle weights considerably was launched with an online presentation yesterday, and proved extremely popular.. A growing group of important retailers have signed up to the Sustainable Wine Roundtable Bottle Weight Accord – an agreement to reduce the average weight of the 750-ml still-wine bottles they …The Vinho Verde region in the far north west, famous for light, dry whites, for example, is one of the wine world's wettest, while the Douro Valley to its immediate south east is one of the driest during the crucial growing season. This extraordinarily arid, harsh valley is responsible for Portugal's second greatest gift to the wine world, port ...La Cave Spirituelle. [email protected]. Small, independent on-line retailer specialising in French wines and spirits and especially wines of the South West. They will deliver to the UK and northern Europe.Petite Sirah. Name applied in California to field blends of at least four varieties: Syrah, Durif, Durif's parent Peloursin and a Peloursin x Durif crossing. Cuttings were taken to Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Makes robust, tannic, earthy wines. Name applied in California to field blends of at least four varieties: Syrah, Durif, Durif's parent ... Professional. $239.99. per year. The same 48-hour preview enjoyed by our gold members, plus permission for limited commercial reuse of individual tasting notes. . Join. Send your entry to [email protected] with 'WWC23' followed by your name and then that of your favourite wine person in the Subject line. The deadline for entries is midnight GMT Wednesday 31 May 2023. By submitting your entry you grant publication rights to both JancisRobinson.com and Académie du Vin Library.Jancis Robinson. 1 Dec 2018. Free for all. UK wine merchants. red wine. Festive reds. Free for all. UK wine merchants. red wine. Reds for drinking over the festive season, a follow-up to these dry whites. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.Tuscany is essentially red wine country. Various noble and/or well-funded estates have tried to make copies of white burgundy, Loire Sauvignon Blanc and even condrieu, and there are various nondescript Trebbianos to be drunk strictly within the region itself, but there are few whites worthy of export. The most interesting Tuscan dry white wine ...Jancis Robinson. Tasting articles. Sadie Family's 2023 releases. South Africa's best-known wine authority Michael Fridjhon reviews the latest from South... 13 Sep 2023. Guest contributor. Wines of the week. Haut Espoir, Cloudfall 2020 and Gentle Giant 2017 Franschhoek.Watch videos of Jancis Robinson, the world's leading wine critic and author, as she shares her insights and opinions on various grapes and regions. Learn about Chardonnay, …The curiosity of the northern Rhône is St-Péray, both still and sparkling white made from Marsanne and Roussanne grapes of increasing quality. It's not difficult to see why vine-growing is relatively uncommon on the steep, wooded banks of the Rhône south of Lyons. These vineyards, probably the oldest in France, have had to be etched into the ... Learn how to perfectly match wine with any dish, with wine expert and bestselling author Jancis Robinson. Explore which wines go with meat, fish and vegetari... Jancis Robinson is a renowned wine writer and critic, and the author of the Oxford Companion to Wine. Her website offers free and premium content on wine news, tasting …2012. Looks good for the Rhône, against the trend of the year in Europe at large. It is defined by lower than average potential alcohol – indeed some chaptalisation was practised. Acidities are also generally below the norm, while tannins are more pronounced than in 2011. As they age, 2012 is proving to be a very inconsistent vintage.Terrantez do Pico 2015 IGP Açores. Complex nose with intense resin, volcanic earth, apple blossoms, iodine. Honey on the palate, marzipan, excellent structure with good maturity and balanced acidity. Very long, with lime and iodine flavours. A great Atlantic wine, somehow reminiscent of a German Riesling.Apr 11, 2020 · The whole thing about natural wine, the increasingly popular ‘lo-fi’ wine made with minimal intervention, was supposed to be that it was made by a band of brothers, and the odd sister, all of them united by a common philosophy but not one they wanted to be strictly defined. Not for them the multi-clause strictures of the appellation ... Bordeaux 2022 – a guide. Links to all our coverage of this promising vintage. Gavin Quinney's image of a parched-looking vineyard in Pomerol, taken on 18 August 2022, is a reminder of the key characteristics of the 2022 growing season: heat and drought. We will be tasting and reporting on virtually all the wines likely to be of importance in ...Mar 1, 2024 · 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... Today such big négociants as remain, the likes of Bouchard Père et Fils, Drouhin, Faiveley and Jadot, are as fastidious as anyone about quality, often oversee work in the vineyard, many of them their own (well over 90% of their needs in the case of Faiveley), as well as making wine. But there is an increasing number of newer producers …Jancis Robinson. 11 Apr 2020. Free for all. natural wine. sulphites. labelling. Natural wine defined. Free for all. natural wine. sulphites. labelling. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Natural v industrial wine, which puts the topic in historical perspective.Unexpectedly for a wine that is quintessentially light and white, champagne is made from predominantly black grapes. Less than 30% of Champagne's 34,000 ha (84,000 acres) of neat, low, rows of densely planted vines are light-skinned Chardonnay, the white burgundy grape. The red burgundy grape Pinot Noir is planted on almost 40% of Champagne's ... True Riesling (as opposed to Welschriesling) is widely dispersed in Friuli and Alto Adige where it is called Riesling Renano although few startling examples have so far emerged from the region. Riesling is also allegedly grown widely in the Russia, but much of this may in fact be Welschriesling. Most of southern Europe is too warm for Riesling ... Learn about Jancis Robinson, a British wine writer and critic who is one of the most influential commentators in the business. See her wine ratings, scores, and …Loom, Long Yarn Pinot Noir 2021 Adelaide Hills (13.5%) Unlike many Pinots, this one is savoury rather than sweet. Attractive red for drinking without food. £19.99 Virgin Wines. Neudorf, Tom’s ...Jancis Robinson was born on 22 April 1950 in Cumbria, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Food & Drink (1982), Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) and Biography (1987). Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight.A new initiative set to reduce wine-bottle weights considerably was launched with an online presentation yesterday, and proved extremely popular.. A growing group of important retailers have signed up to the Sustainable Wine Roundtable Bottle Weight Accord – an agreement to reduce the average weight of the 750-ml still-wine bottles they … True Riesling (as opposed to Welschriesling) is widely dispersed in Friuli and Alto Adige where it is called Riesling Renano although few startling examples have so far emerged from the region. Riesling is also allegedly grown widely in the Russia, but much of this may in fact be Welschriesling. Most of southern Europe is too warm for Riesling ... Jancis Robinson is the FT’s wine columnist and founder-editor of ‘The Oxford Companion to Wine’ Listen to our podcast, Culture Call , where FT editors and special guests discuss life and art ... The big daddy of them all, the British wine trade's professional educational body now runs courses at a variety of levels for 85,000 students in over 70 different countries and 18 languages. Many non professionals now take the courses too. The WSET Diploma exam is virtually a pre-requisite for the Master of Wine course (see below). Even his basic Etna Rosso, a wonderfully characterful fruity mouthful that he is able to sell for just 4.50 euros at the cellar door, is upwards of 14% alcohol and his special contrada bottlings are sometimes nearly 16%. But they have great freshness and balance, as though those lava deposits are reining in mere ethyl alcohol.Inert glass bottles – however heavy, fragile and wasteful of space – are likely to continue to be the ideal package for fine wine that benefits from ageing, but there is now a host of alternatives for the sort of everyday wine that accounts for the great majority of all wine sold. See my tasting notes from the alternative packaging wine ...Today such big négociants as remain, the likes of Bouchard Père et Fils, Drouhin, Faiveley and Jadot, are as fastidious as anyone about quality, often oversee work in the vineyard, many of them their own (well over 90% of their needs in the case of Faiveley), as well as making wine. But there is an increasing number of newer producers … Merlot conventionally makes lush, plummy, velvety wine that can soften Cabernet's more austere frame and, usefully, matures much faster. Very much a wine of the times, it enjoyed enormous popularity in the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s – until usurped by Pinot Noir. Merlot's homeland is Bordeaux where it is the most important ... The best-value French Syrah, by far, is a Crozes-Hermitage, from the outlying vineyards of Hermitage, made by one of the region's many ambitious producers. Graillot is an obvious example, although Pochon and Belle are also reliable. They make ultra-glossy, juicier, earlier-maturing cousins of Hermitage. The rise of typicity. Typicité (typicity) is a modern addition to the French language. The use of typicité emerged in the early 1980s and was proposed by agronomist Jean Salette as a way to counter the international competition that the French wine world was suddenly facing. It was articulated as a very positive notion, that would help the ...Watch videos of Jancis Robinson, the world's leading wine critic and author, as she shares her insights and opinions on various grapes and regions. Learn about Chardonnay, … Jancis Robinson. 40,533 likes · 711 talking about this. Honest, independent and insider perspectives on wine from the team at https://www.jancisrobinson.com Pinot Grigio. This white-wine-producing mutation of Pinot Noir is enjoying a wave of popularity perhaps greater than it has ever known, and certainly on a wider geographical scale, even if it is relatively rarely known by its true French name Pinot Gris. Until recently Pinot Gris was probably known mainly in Alsace (as Tokay d'Alsace ...WineIn my 1986 book Vines, Grapes and Wines (Reben Trauben Weine, Hallwag 1987 in German) – the world's first consumer guide to wine grapes I believe – I divided them into three categories: Classic, Major and Other (Klassische, Wichtige and Sonstige). Many wine lovers at the time were doubtless puzzled that I included Chenin Blanc in the first category.Barbera is an easy vine to grow, and in the south of Italy is treasured for its usefully high level of acidity, so is it is widely planted not just in Piemonte. It is by far the most common grape in Lombardy around Milan, particularly in Oltrepò Pavese where it comes in every imaginable shade of crimson and degree of fizziness. The progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour. The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay ' s 'vanilla', Cabernet is much more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces ... Jancis Robinson. 11 Apr 2020. Free for all. natural wine. sulphites. labelling. Natural wine defined. Free for all. natural wine. sulphites. labelling. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Natural v industrial wine, which puts the topic in historical perspective.Jancis Robinson. November 17 2022. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Champagne has become a thing to …Jancis Robinson. 5 Nov 2022. Free for all. Rhône. Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Grenache. Garnacha. Spain. Elusive inspiration. Free for all. Rhône. Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Grenache. Garnacha. Spain. You may not be able to taste it, but you can admire it. See Glorious Garnachas for some of the wines inspired by where this sign leads.Tasmania. Wine production on Tasmania has always been small, but its potential is now being realised. The proudly self-conscious island of Tasmania south of the state of Victoria is Australia's coolest, most distinctive wine region with a varied climate and terrain quite unlike anywhere on the mainland. A spate of new plantings in the early ...Jancis Robinson. 5 Nov 2022. Free for all. Rhône. Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Grenache. Garnacha. Spain. Elusive inspiration. Free for all. Rhône. Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Grenache. Garnacha. Spain. You may not be able to taste it, but you can admire it. See Glorious Garnachas for some of the wines inspired by where this sign leads.In the event, Nyetimber’s prestige cuvée 1086, a white and a rosé, was launched almost two years later than that, last month, in a flurry of gold, candelabra, crimson roses and a publicist’s guest list at the Ritz in London. I would guess that the delay was because Nyetimber’s current owner, Dutchman Eric Heerema, took so long to make ...Jancis Robinson. Wines of the week. Heirloom Pinot Noir, Adelaide Hills. The rarest of them all: bargain Pinot Noir. From AU$26.24, $21.99, £19.41... 13 Oct 2023. Richard Hemming MW. Tasting articles. Beyond Bordeaux – 2023 releases. A hard-nosed assessment of the Bordeaux trade's current attempt to widen its...Aim the screw down the centre of the cork. It can help to stand the bottle on a flat surface, holding it steady, while inserting the screw, and to jam it between your knees while pulling (so to speak). As with modern business, leverage is all. Synthetic corks can be particularly intractable. You may find this pictorial guide to using a wide ... Pinot Noir. The fashionable red burgundy grape is capable of producing divinely scented, gorgeously fruity expressions of place but often unwilling or unable to do so. Pinot Noir is sensitive to the size of crop it is expected to produce, and many vapid examples exemplify an over-demanding yield. It ripens relatively early ( Chardonnay and ... Mar 1, 2024 · 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... The curiosity of the northern Rhône is St-Péray, both still and sparkling white made from Marsanne and Roussanne grapes of increasing quality. It's not difficult to see why vine-growing is relatively uncommon on the steep, wooded banks of the Rhône south of Lyons. These vineyards, probably the oldest in France, have had to be etched into the ... The best-value French Syrah, by far, is a Crozes-Hermitage, from the outlying vineyards of Hermitage, made by one of the region's many ambitious producers. Graillot is an obvious example, although Pochon and Belle are also reliable. They make ultra-glossy, juicier, earlier-maturing cousins of Hermitage. 20 – Truly exceptional. 19 – A humdinger. 18 – A cut above superior. 17 – Superior. 16 – Distinguished. 15 – Average, a perfectly nice drink with no faults but not much excitement. 14 – Deadly dull. 13 – Borderline faulty or unbalanced. 12 – Faulty or unbalanced. . Orvis hot springs, Reece windows, Cardinal hill rehabilitation hospital, Paradise coast sports complex, Dentaquest, City of lago vista, Hawkins construction, Kc cattle company, Sea coast bank.