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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. - -
Brits who love a vigneron’s life
Wine is one of France’s obvious attractions and has lured many Britons to cross the Channel and make bold attempts in viticulture, says Jancis Robinson
Wine magic and other mysteries
Jancis Robinson on a rare two days of discussion between some of the world’s most respected winemakers and wine writers
A meal to toast the class of 1982
The year 1982 is of huge significance in the world of wine – it was the vintage that marked the beginning of the modern era in Bordeaux, writes Jancis Robinson
Bordeaux 2007: White is the new red
It was difficult not to be struck by how much more guts the whites had – particularly the sweet ones for which 2007 was such a good year, writes Jancis Robinson
Bordeaux 2007 – the vintage only the fittest survived
Every one of the producers Jancis Robinson met in Bordeaux during the primeurs tastings in early April acknowledged the year’s ‘challenges’
‘I’ve never sold a wine that everyone wanted as much as this one’
Jancis Robinson rediscovers a wine region as she visits the areas on Etna’s slopes, where the quality of wine is defined according to elevation, climate and soil, and quality of lava
South African stars, served on a ‘Platter’
The quality of South African wine keeps getting better as a new generation of wine makers travel and learn from visitors from foreign wine regions, writes Jancis Robinson
Time to get hot on temperature control
With wines being shipped across continents and under diverse conditions, importers now insist on reefers and temperature tracking to avoid damage, writes Jancis Robinson
‘Millions of Chinese will be disappointed’
On her first trip to China in five years, Jancis Robinson is struck by the realisation that there has been little improvement in the quality of wine
The hills are alive with heroic viticulture
Slovenia has some worthy examples of Pinot Noir but still has producers who think that high acidity and severe tannins are positive qualities in red wines, says Jancis Robinson
