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    Jancis Robinson

    Jancis Robinson has been writing and broadcasting about wine since 1975, 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. Her BBC Maestro course, An Understanding of Wine, launched in February 2022. She has presented several award-winning television programmes including Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course and Vintners’ Tales, and is a professional narrator.

    Email Jancis Robinson @JancisRobinson  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      What makes a wine co-op work?

      After visits to wineries in the Languedoc and Sardinia, it’s hard to deny that Italians do it better

    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      How to host a wine-centric dinner

      A guide to quantities, palate cleansers and how to cut down on washing-up

    • Saturday, 16 September, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Meet the man who turned vine pruning into an art form

      On a visit to Jancis Robinson in France, Marco Simonit demonstrates his ‘gentle’ approach on the surrounding vineyards

    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      My lunch in Ketan Mody’s mountain kingdom

      Fire and phylloxera are among the many threats to the Jasud Estate – but its renegade owner will not be deterred

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Can Chinese wine compete with the world?

      What I learnt from a blind tasting of Chinese wine alongside top bordeaux 

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about wine but were too embarrassed to ask

      The FT’s wine guru answers 121 readers’ questions — including the ones you’d be embarrassed to ask her yourself

    • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Greece’s wines are impressive. Its tastings are not

      It’s hard to recommend wines when you don’t know what’s in the bottle. Luckily, there’s a new approach

    • Saturday, 22 July, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      How the Ricasolis took back Chiantishire

      Tuscany’s blue-blooded wine dynasties are putting down new roots

    • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Jancis Robinson’s summer wine recommendations

      What wine to try in July — and what temperature to serve it at 

    • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      My day at the races with the unknown queenpin of wine

      Barbara Banke rules a small empire at Jackson Family Wines, but few people know her name

    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Châteauneuf-du-Pape is back

      In the Rhône, a village is restored to its rightful place as a wine destination 

    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      My return to South Africa

      Once, twice, three times a judge of the Trophy Wine Show

    • Saturday, 17 June, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Waitrose’s best wines: Jancis Robinson’s recommendations

      An update on the supermarket’s top bottles, including a delicious low-alcohol white wine

      illustration of wine bottles in a police lineup
    • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      On the hunt for California’s ancient, vanishing vines

      The old vineyards of Lodi and Contra Costa offer some of California’s finest and most underrated grapes — but how long will this remain a grape-growing regions?

    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      South Africa finds Pinot’s sweet spot

      On the south coast, wine producers enjoy a place that is literally heaven on earth

    • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Bell Hill, New Zealand: the first vineyard visit that left me feeling sad

      In North Canterbury, a wine estate with Burgundian dreams has been battered by nightmare weather

    • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Portuguese wine used to be my insider tip — now it’s everywhere

      Thanks largely to tourism, there are now bars, fairs and specialist importers for Portuguese table wine

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Letter from Mexico: a five-hour wine tasting full of surprises

      New local drinkers plus new international styles make Mexico’s viticultural scene one to watch

    • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Bordeaux’s 2022 vintage: a delightful mystery

      Last year’s scorching summer wasn’t the disaster that many winemakers anticipated — now they need to work out why

    • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      What does the rise in wildfires mean for fine wine?

      Smoke taint signals danger for winemakers. California producers are on a crash course in coping strategies — taught by their Australian counterparts

    • Saturday, 22 April, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      A Scottish winemaker ponders Napa prices

      Californian Cabernets conjures prices that other producers can only dream of. But what happens when you buck the trend?

    • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      The pioneering spirit of Oregon wine is too good to lose

      Winemakers here share a community, can-do approach. Can it survive the arrival of big players from outside?

    • Saturday, 8 April, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      The good and bad news for UK wine buffs

      The biggest price rise in nearly half a century is coming. So why is one British institution taking the long view?

    • Saturday, 1 April, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      Elegance over brawn: the many attractions of Barolo

      It’s rare to find a collection of vintages as consistent as this one from Marengo

    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
      FT MagazineWine
      German wine has transformed itself. Why haven’t buyers noticed?

      Its vineyards are major beneficiaries of the warmer climate, resulting in fully ripe grapes without searing acidity

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