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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)
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    The best fizz for Christmas, from £10 to £370

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    Wine experts love Alsace Riesling. Why doesn’t everyone else?

    The region’s wine woes are multiplying

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    Denise Dupré has got American money to spend on French wine tourism

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    Independent producers are making the best of a tricky situation and a traditional grape

  • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
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    Is the demonisation of alcohol justified?

    New WHO guidelines suggest there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Jancis Robinson isn’t so sure

  • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
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    The rewards of patience: good wine and complicated vintages

    On a risky attempt to prove that Italian wines can age too

  • Saturday, 19 October, 2024
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    New experiments in grape growing

    Breeders have crossed and hybridised vines for centuries but they’re facing different challenges now

  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
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    Can the French make good wine in California?

    More and more producers are buying up west coast properties 

  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
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    India is getting serious about wine. What will that mean?

    The latest hobby enjoyed by affluent Indians might give producers reason to be cheerful

  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
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    How the tiny village of Douzens became an organic wine hotspot

    Why did four organic producers emerge from the same Corbières village of 800 people?

  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
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    When did we stop drinking at working lunches?

    Even sandwich meetings used to come with wine — then the Americans arrived

  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
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    A visit to Bhutan to taste wine from the country’s first vineyards

    Can a country with no history of wine become a great grape-growing nation?

    An illustration depicting traditional Bhutanese houses on a mountain peak, all inside a large wine glass, against a pale yellow background
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    From DIY home solutions to tax-efficient bonded warehouses

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    For once, the hype seems justified — but you’ll struggle to get hold of many top bottles

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    How premium producers keep tabs on their stockists

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    Bottles under £15, champagne for a wedding, and other beginner-friendly categories

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    In the land of big wine money, some families are still doing it for themselves

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  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
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    A guide to the best affordable wines from the southern hemisphere

  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
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    The Thienpont family have spread their wings along the right bank

    Illustration shows a cartoon bottle of wine holding a big glass of red wine with fireworks in the background
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