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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. - -
The wrong rain in the Rhône
The valley has usually been blessed with successful vintages, but Jancis Robinson finds out that too much rain caused grapes to swell with water, diluting the flavour of the 2008s
Limoux still sparkles, even without fizz
The surprisingly complex and refreshing still Chardonnays are the finest group of wines made in this surprising region, which offers French finesse and good value, writes Jancis Robinson
From some place in South Africa
The quality of wine being exported from the Cape has progressed in leaps and bounds – even if we often have to guess at exactly where the grapes were grown, writes Jancis Robinson
Bordeaux’s quiet masters
Jancis Robinson talks to the Boissenots, the Médoc’s leading consultants, and is struck by the fact that they never court or rarely receive publicity
Russia’s wild world of wine
On a trip to the south of Russia, Jancis Robinson discovers that wine production there is remarkably like it is everywhere else, with the big transformation being in new equipment
A year worth a splurge?
After trying almost 120 red bordeaux at a tasting organised by fine wine traders Farr Vintners, Jancis Robinson says there are certainly bargains to be had from the 2002 vintage
All sweetness and light
Many British wine drinkers are looking for wines that are more refreshing, simpler and fruitier. Jancis Robinson was at a wine trade forum to discuss this trend – and how to benefit from it
Twelve Tuscans 10 years on
A tasting in Hamburg demonstrates that time in the cellar has benefited these substantial red wines, making them sweeter and more luscious, writes Jancis Robinson
A marvel in the Médoc
Jancis Robinson says Château Sociando-Mallet wines are much better than those of its neighbours because it lies on a gravelly hillock and has the best view of the Gironde
Wine, winning and song
Rock singer and songwriter Kermit Lynch has spent four decades introducing Americans to the low-alcohol version of the drink, says Jancis Robinson. She thinks he is rare among wine merchants
