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Jancis Robinson’s series about how to build an affordable cellar
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It’s time to look beyond the obvious regions and wine types
...Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson Virago £25/Farrar, Straus & Giroux $26.99, 352 pages Jane Shaw is Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Oxford Marilynne Robinson will be appearing...
...After leaving AmEx, Robinson and his son, James Robinson IV, launched the venture capital firm RRE Ventures, which manages $2.5bn today....
The Viñateros movement is a significant shake-up for vineyards
Advice on choosing the best Riesling, Grüner Veltliner, Blaufränkisch and more
Cork has been on the out for a while — but now it’s got fashionable natural credentials
...But I have a colleague on Jancis Robinson.com, Tamlyn Currin, who specialises in detailed analysis of the interaction between her inventive dishes on the one hand and her cellar on the other....
Barolo alternatives, the rehabilitation of Chianti Classico and which white wines age well
Notes from my recent knees-up with fellow ‘1950 Babes’
The second instalment of Jancis Robinson’s cellar series includes burgundy, champagne and Rhône wines
High-street prices are up, trophy prices are down and there’s competition from cannabis
Cheap bordeaux, reasonable burgundies and lots of pinots, from £7 and up
January is the busiest month in London’s wine calendar, but I’m drinking apple juice in Tenerife instead
Even a wine writer has their limits — for example, tasting 50 bottles of champagne
Don’t use champagne in buck’s fizz and never put wine in paper cups – 15 Christmas quandaries sorted
Bottle recommendations, plus an explanation of ‘second wines’, ‘super seconds’ and storage
Group set to commence iron ore project in Guinea
...BUY: Hill & Smith (HILS) Operating margins are on the rise at the supplier of products for the construction and infrastructure industries, writes Mark Robinson....
In Piemonte, Jancis goes in search of a wine that even a Francophile could love
The gastronome who reinvented Italian wine died with more than 35,000 bottles in his cellar. Finally, they might get drunk
Including vigorous port, underrated sauternes and ridiculously cheap sherry
...But Robinson, who is MP for East Belfast, challenged his depiction by commentators as a continuity candidate, “I’m my own man,” he said....
Biodynamic bubbles, pink fizz and quality crémant — there’s something here to suit all tastes and budgets
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