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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. - -
New Zealand comes of age
Jancis Robinson is encouraged that New Zealand wine is no longer a one trick pony and that winemaking is better than it has ever been, at a wide range of price levels and styles
Kind hearts and classic clarets
Continuing a fine FT tradition of ‘looking at’ each vintage of the top red bordeaux at 10 years old, Jancis Robinson surveys how many of the 1999s are inspiring
A nose for wine, a head for business
Direct Wines turns 40 and Jancis Robinson learns that its owners, Mr and Mrs Lathwaite, have always complemented each other: he takes care of the wines and she deals with the business side
Germany passes the acid test
The weather may have presented challenges but the country’s best wine producers are more skilled and more determined than they have ever been, writes Jancis Robinson
The new Ottoman emperors
After a short trip to Turkey’s vineyards and cellars, Jancis Robinson suggests that it will not be long before the country produces something exceptional
The port trade’s calling card
The quality and sheer sophistication of the best 2007s convince Jancis Robinson that the appearance of vintage port every three or four years should encourage us to pull some corks
Perfectionism meets pragmatism
Jancis Robinson visits a former Japanese diplomat whose high standards has resulted in exceptional vintages at his New Zealand winery
Bordeaux versus the rest of the world
Most Bordelais shudder at comparative tastings, which tend to benefit the organisers by showing that their wines are much better value than top bordeaux, writes Jancis Robinson
Le weird et le wonderful
Jancis Robinson values Les Caves de Pyrène because the wines are authentically French and the staff provide a direct line to the latest developments in France rather than peddling the same old list
Rating prompts fears of wine price rise
Fear is spreading among the UK’s biggest wine sellers after Robert Parker, the US critic whose ratings have dictated the market in wine futures for 20 years, declared the much-maligned 2008 Bordeaux vintage to be excellent
