Before I get to global news, a quick reminder that on 22 March Richard is hosting a tasting of mature Margaret River wines in Tokyo. There are still a few tickets so if you’re interested, I highly ...

Instead, that day I remained blissfully unaware that the exquisite bottle of 2013 Eric Rodez Empreinte Blanche Champagne that I marvelled at on Valentine’s Day would be the last wine I would taste for ...

In November last year they thronged to the eighth edition of Amphora Wine Day, off the beaten track in Vidigueira, southern Portugal, a good tw ...

Mothering Sunday is 15 March – and a JancisRobinson.com gift membership is one of the most thoughtful presents you can give a wine lover. For a limited time, get 20% off all annual gift memberships by ...

The remoteness of the Great Southern region, four hours south of Perth in a land of panoramic wilderness, is both a blessing and a curse. Its better-known neighbour, Margaret Rive ...

The second tasting held in honour of Rioja’s 100th anniversary brought together a large number of very good wines. It was a ...

After tasting these 49 wines, all retailing for €25 or less in Spain, I can say with confidence that Rioja remains a trustworthy source of consistently good wines at very reasonable prices. Many of ...

Wherever you stand in the Great Southern region, the landscape undulates concentrically away. Under such vast skies the distant horizon looks flat, but up close you can see how the earth buckles and ...

The inherently Italian pleasures of my lunch at Doppo on Dean Street – thin slices of scallops topped with equally thin slices of tart apples (below), pici with a thick sausage sauce and a glass of ...

Below is a rough guide to what our numbers mean. Although we are not very comfortable with scoring wines because it is so difficult to encapsulate a wine's qualities in a single score, we do realise ...

Below is a rough guide to what our numbers mean. Although we are not very comfortable with scoring wines because it is so difficult to encapsulate a wine's qualities in a single score, we do realise ...

Below is a rough guide to what our numbers mean. Although we are not very comfortable with scoring wines because it is so difficult to encapsulate a wine's qualities in a single score, we do realise ...