UKWinesOnline (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Georgia is much in the news these days, but sadly not for its impressive wine heritage. Georgia is widely credited as one of the first places to produce wine. Jancis Robinson in her The Oxford Companion to Winedescribes it as “one of the world’s great and historic centres of both wild and cultivated vines”. The grape [...]
Good Wine Under $20 (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Today I'm participating in the 4th edition of the Wine Book Club , hosted by Farley the Wine Poet from Wine Outlook . The title she picked, Jancis Robinson's Tasting Pleasure , was one of those classic wine books that I always meant to read, but somehow never quite got around to opening. I'm so glad that Farley got this book of my shelf and into my hands. Robinson has a wonderful voice when she writes,...
Wine Outlook (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
One last reminder to report back on your feelings about Tasting Pleasure by Jancis Robinson tomorrow. Though, to be honest, due to my much-needed vacation that begins tomorrow evening, I probably won’t get around to the round-up until next week. You can leave the link to the post here, or use the contact [...]
Podcast: Wine for Newbies (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Jancis Robinson points us to a great deal: a free e-book that will educate you about Riesling. Now if we can just find someone to send all of us some free Riesling!
WINE IN SWEDEN (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
This new DVD contains of the nine of best 10-minute film portraits in the award-winning BBC2 series Vintners’ Tales shown in 1992 and 1998, comprising the following characters in conversation with Jancis Robinson. Unfortunately, it is missing some episodes which is a bit of a let-down. This television series won the Best Television Programme of the Year award at the annual Glenfiddich Awards. The 1998...
mondosapore (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Angry but not mad: Monty Waldin You think you may have read too much about the tempest in Tuscany, but read this one last article by Monty Waldin on Jancis Robinson's site, please. The man knows the Brunello zone well and the small-town spites and greeds of the place all too well. The hypocrisy and lying are epic in scale. Note that the polemical and sometimes operatic Franco Ziliani gets full credit...
robertfranciswine (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Oak Tannins - Jancis Robinsons FT Article 19th July 08 Fantastically interesting column from Jancis Robinson in this weeks Financial Times - well done Jancis truly loving your work ! The basic premise behind the article was the increasing occurrence of Oak Tannins or a raw dryness in red wines coming from around [...]
Good Grape: A Wine Manifesto (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Inspired by this news report from Jancis Robinson.
Queenstown Luxury Apartments (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The dates have been set for the seventh Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration to be held in Queenstown on January 30 and 31 next year. Included in the guest line-up will be world-renowned wine writer Jancis Robinson MW, who, after attending her first Central Otago Celebration in 2005, described the event as “surely the most relaxed pinotfest ever’. Central Otago Pinot [...]
Good Wine Under $20 (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
We'll be Tasting Pleasure during the dog days of summer thanks to the leader of the 4th edition of the Wine Book Club, Farley of Behind the Vines . Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover ($18; used copies available for under $2!) is a classic wine book written by one of the most illustrious wine writers in the world, Jancis Robinson. Known for her direct, witty writing style, Robinson talks...
Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Nine Napa Valley wineries, five of America's best chefs, 95 guests and a panel led by Jancis Robinson MW remembered the life of Robert Mondavi last week.
Serge the Concierge (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Let's start with The Chronicle Wine Selections: Dry Imported Rosé (SF Gate, May 16). Lynne Char Bennett notes that most...
Dr. Vino's wine blog (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Jancis Robinson, Robert Parker, Hugh Johnson, Burton Anderson, Frank Prial, Kevin Zraly, and Ed McCarthy were inducted into the Wine Media Guild Hall of Fame on Monday night at a ceremony in New York City (there were also posthumous inductees; see the full list and bios). It was the inaugural class inducted into the HoF [...]
mondosapore (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Jancis Robinson has been writing a series on Sherry, and it has been an eye-opener for me. She writes of her re-discovery of this wine in glowing terms, even titling one of her pieces The world's least appreciated fine wine? (Click here for the master link to the articles.) Aside from her mouth-watering descriptions of those dry and zesty wines, what I find most interesting is her summary of recent...
mondosapore (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
A nice article in Jancis Robinson's "Free for All" section today, in which she sums up succinctly the charms of (mostly northern) Italian white wines. Here are two of the set-up paragraphs: While it's true that Italy makes far more red than white, the dramatically improved whites of the country that so often produces more wine than any other are not to be ignored – especially when they can offer so...
