JancisRobinson.com

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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New Zealand - dozens of 2022s

3 days ago | jancisrobinson.com | Jancis Robinson

New Zealand Chardonnay Pinot Noir Gimblett Gravels Three varied consignments from the other side of the world with a high proportion of high scores. Above, the team at Valli of Gibbston, Central Otago (photographed by Anna Allan), one of the highest achievers.
South Africa's 2025 harvest, a lawsuit against Trump's tariffs, and the OIV's latest report

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.
Tesco spring/summer 2025

1 week ago | jancisrobinson.com | Andy Howard MW

Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, held its 2025 spring/summer press tasting on 25 March. While this is a significant event for consumers in the UK, it is also of interest to those in the US and Europe given the breadth of range they stock. To that end, this report focuses on wines likely to be available in many countries, while excluding nearly all those marketed under the Tesco own-brand ‘Finest’ label. The UK grocery market is estimated to be worth £231...
Haut Les Vins - the wines

1 week ago | jancisrobinson.com | Jancis Robinson

South-West France Slovenia France Austria 2023 Wines from 'fanatical winemakers' (according to the associated tasting booklet), mainly but not exclusively French. Above, at the Vino Gross table, an animated Michael Gross is pictured with his wife Maria (seated, on the right) and Beaujolais winemaker Pauline Passot.
Bowled over by Updown

1 week ago | jancisrobinson.com | Nick Lander

A strong recommendation of a decidedly Italianate restaurant with rooms. These photographs taken in opposite directions could surely have been taken in Tuscany. The entrance to the restaurant under a pergola is bright and verdant, and the sunlight is pouring in; just to the left of the lower picture there is even a vine. In the other direction, way past the chef working away, there are the beginnings of a swimming pool. The short menu is also decidedly Italian.
Six of Constellation's wine brands sold, Mexico's first IGP and three new French grape varieties

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.
Britain's best wine retailer?

1 week ago | jancisrobinson.com | Jancis Robinson

British wine lovers are so lucky. We may pay through the nose for our pleasures via the increasingly complicated taxation of our favourite liquid, and wine prices are likely to rise even further towards October when the government will start collecting EPR payments from retailers.
The Wine Society's finds - spring 2025

1 week ago | jancisrobinson.com | Jancis Robinson

A report on this spring’s tasting for the wine media. Yet more bargains from Britain’s unique co-operative wine-buying outfit. Left to right above at the start of the tasting in the Menier Penthouse overlooking the City of London: buyer Matthew Horsley talks to Hannah Crosbie of The Guardian, then buyers Fiona Hayes and Victoria Mason MW talk to director of wine Pierre Mansour, with Victoria Moore of The Daily Telegraph hard at work in the corner. Bless The Wine Society.
Eating out in Maastricht

2 weeks ago | jancisrobinson.com | Nick Lander

Netherlands Belgium food Nick kicks off his review of a couple of restaurants in a famously historic Dutch city with an ode to the rare dessert above. The sound of sabayon being made is unique: the clack of a whisk against metal as the eggs are beaten. But how many restaurant-goers have ever heard it? Not many, I would guess.
Trump’s tariff war, US public health agencies gutted, Old Vine Heroes announced

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.