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Jancis Robinson has been writing and broadcasting about wine for 30 years, 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
Winner of many international awards, she was given an honorary doctorate by The Open University in 1997 and was awarded an OBE in 2004. - -
Southern exposure
Anne Gros, one of the most respected wine producers in the world, establishes a new domaine in Languedoc, arguably France’s most challenging wine region, writes Jancis Robinson
If these walls could talk
Jancis Robinson samples wines from 56 producers of the Grand Cru, Clos de Vougeot in Burgundy, and discovers suppliers that are little known in the UK
DIY wine books
Writers are increasingly taking the initiative to self-publish, which has its attractions if you can find your market and a direct route to customers, says Jancis Robinson
Beaujolais’ year in the sun
The exuberant quality of the 2009s is impressive – stuffed full of fruit, cost well under £15 a bottle and actually delicious to drink, writes Jancis Robinson
Time is ripe for Germany
Winemaking in has never been more brilliant, the weather never more propitious for ripening grapes fully while retaining the freshness that is German wines’ special trait, writes Jancis Robinson
Bordeaux 2009s: there’s a price to pay
The vintage has hit record prices but what is scary is that demand for the top wines seems to have been similarly exceptional, even if it is unclear if people are buying to drink or for investment, writes Jancis Robinson
Summer wine special
Jancis Robinson selects her favourite bottles, from lighter reds to vintages bold enough for a barbecue, for those long hot evenings
The growing gulf in the world of fine wine
Many brokers, traders and merchants who cluster around London will have nothing to do with wine bought in the US and Asia, says Jancis Robinson
When a bottle is better than a case
The UK is known as a sophisticated market for wine, but Jancis Robinson says consumers in search of a single superior bottle will find few retailers able to help them
Hidden delights from the south of France
Languedoc-Roussillon is the perfect playground for those who like hand-crafted, highly individual wines that express the place where they were grown and are sensibly priced, says Jancis Robinson
