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Like many ventures in my life, this website came to be through a mix of unexpected influences. In the early months of 2000, during the height of the dot-com boom, I was approached by numerous online entrepreneurs eager to share their grand plans for making me incredibly wealthy through their internet ideas. I’m sure many others were experiencing the same thing. Most of these proposals were utterly ridiculous, a fact I realized too late when I included a reference to the anticipated www.jancisrobinson.com on the cover of my next book, Jancis Robinson's Wine-tasting Workbook (titled How to Taste in the US). This created a bit of a problem since I believed it was crucial for any advertised project to actually exist. I confided my concerns to Bob Brooks from Brooks Associates, who was our tech expert at that time. He casually mentioned that he could design websites, which seemed remarkably fortuitous. However, I was determined not to have my website resemble everyone else's. So, I enlisted the help of book designer Lisa Sheard, who was not very familiar with the web, to propose some creative visual ideas. Bob then set to work on the technical aspects of the site, incorporating the vibrant oranges, greens, and unique fonts suggested by Lisa, likely thinking we were a bit eccentric. We officially launched on November 1, 2000, and over the following year, we gradually expanded the site’s content with a weekly featured wine and increasing wine news updates. The site began to demand more of my attention. I found the instant nature of online publishing refreshing compared to the lengthy timelines of newspapers and books, allowing me to share the fascinating things I learn and the incredible experiences I have—much more rewarding than watching piles of tasting notes accumulate in my office. However, the time commitment was becoming quite overwhelming.
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jancisrobinson.com | Samantha Cole-Johnson
Sicily California US wine market Sweden Australia Plus a change in Sweden that will allow wine producers to sell direct to customers for the first time in nearly a century. Above, the Mt Etna eruption captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, from the European Space Agency.
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22 hours ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Jancis Robinson
Australia Burgundy New Zealand South Africa California English wine Chardonnay The world's most popular white wine grape has undergone a revolution. A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also this account of a recent blind tasting of 34 Chardonnays from around the world. Above, Cavalli Estate in Stellenbosch, producer of one of the best-value wines recommended here.
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2 days ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Jancis Robinson
The mission of Robert Mondavi, once he had established his own winery in Napa Valley, was to prove ‘that our wines belong with the best of the world’. He adopted it as a mantra. I thought of this last month when I attended a particularly useful blind tasting organised by the Chardonnay Association of South Africa at High Timber...
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5 days ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Jancis Robinson
sustainability WSET Champagne Chianti Classico New Zealand Argentina Bordeaux Sauternes Mainly some great tastings in London but a fascinating trip to Bordeaux, too. The scariest thing I did this month was read a book called Waste Wars, all about what happens to our rubbish, including what we think is being recycled. I recommend it to anyone who can stomach it as it is truly eye-opening.
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6 days ago |
jancisrobinson.com | Nick Lander
The subcontinent provides London's best bakers. And long queues for their produce and café. London’s most delicious baguettes are baked every morning in a basement in Fitzrovia by bakers from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. (Brexit, followed by COVID, sent most French bakers in London back to France.)The bakery is owned by a 38-year-old woman who grew up in Mumbai.
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