Samantha Cole-Johnson
Writer at JancisRobinson.com
Bona fide news gatherer for @JancisRobinson, educator at The Wine and Spirit Archive, MW Student, DipWSET
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5 days ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Samantha Cole-Johnson
South Africa 2025 2024 USA viticulture Some are hailing South Africa's 2025 vintage as potentially the best in two decades. Above, at Brookdale Estate in Paarl, Elmarco Thomas (left) and Adrian Martin were photographed by Andrew Morgan bringing in the harvest for a 2025 white field blend. Thank you to Malu Lambert for this – she wrote an incredible overview of the 2025 harvest that we published on Monday.
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1 week ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Samantha Cole-Johnson
USA Mexico France viticulture Plus Trump's postponement of tariffs. Louise Hurren took the photo above in the wine region awarded Mexico's first protected geographical indication. Back on 4 March, WineBusiness published an article utilising information leaked by an anonymous source saying that Constellation Brands was in negotiations to sell most of their wine portfolio to Duckhorn and Delicato. There has been no further news on that.
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2 weeks ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Samantha Cole-Johnson
USA EU South Africa old vines Plus the good news of 12 new grants supporting wine education from the Gérard Basset Foundation. Hi everyone, this is Sam with the Wine News in Five. We have a big-ticket news item on the docket but before I get there, some site news. Yesterday on the JancisRobinson.com YouTube channel, we released our 15th and final episode of Vintners’ Tales.
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3 weeks ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Samantha Cole-Johnson
EU Germany Thailand Ireland wine and health China Plus Thailand's move toward loosening its extremely tight alcohol sales and advertising laws. Before we get to global news, I’ve been bugging you to vote in the Old Vine Hero Awards for the last two weeks. The votes are now in, and awards are being presented on Monday! You can watch them live online from 5–6 pm BST – aka the time in London.
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1 month ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Samantha Cole-Johnson
US wine market New Zealand Spain women in wine Australia Plus a chance for a free educational trip to Bordeaux via Rauzan-Ségla and Curious Vines. Saturday, 22 March 2025 • 4 min read A quick reminder that voting for the Old Vine Hero Awards is open until 26 March. These awards recognise people who are doing everything they can to keep old vines in the ground.
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I’m on here for what I usually want…geekdom. Anyone know if Chardonnay had more citric acid than other white varieties? Or is the higher diacetyl in certain chards solely attributable to different LABs? PS- I did pass MW theory- this is still what I think about at night.
If you’ve ever thought about the chemical considerations behind wine packaging…then we could have a long chat! Been thinking about it for ages and finally wrote about it for @guildsomm! https://t.co/LaZxyngmnf
Perhaps I’m harsh, as my friend points out down the conversation, nobody wants to look uninformed but…as a wine consumer you aren’t expected to be an expert. And even if you are an expert - that list was crafted by someone who put those wines on it because they are STOKED https://t.co/gu9eUXnasu