Hints and tips:
.... £24.50 Berry Bros & Rudd Invincible, Número Dois 2020 Douro (14%)Blend of port grapes made by Rita Marques with Marc Kent of Boekenhoutskloof. Very detailed and distinctive....
...If you must have Chardonnay, it would be better to head for one made in a cooler environment such as Chablis, the Sonoma Coast or Sta Rita Hills, which will have a lighter body and a higher level of refreshing...
...A developer’s future That is a challenge, but not an existential one, according to Rita-Rose Gagné, the bullish chief of Hammerson, one of the biggest owners of UK shopping centres operating today....
...grape is hugely fashionable in the US and trend-conscious producers have been seeking out the coolest (in both senses) California wine regions where it’s grown — from the Sonoma Coast in the north to Sta Rita...
...Robinson, big gangster star of Warner Bros in the 1930s, plays a mid-life-crisis dupe who (I can hardly blame him) falls for shockingly gorgeous, morality-free Joan Bennett....
...There is an even greater concentration of producers still further south, in the AVA known as Sta Rita Hills. Outsiders tend to think of California as warm and sunny, but sweaters are de rigueur here....
...Spoiler alert: my preferred wine was the American, a Domaine de la Côte from Sta Rita Hills....
...Felipe Robinson is explaining the difference between an eddy, a hole and a wave as we paddle down the Jatunyacu, a headwater of the Amazon....
...Samantha Robinson, as Bob’s wife, and Sally Bankes, as Sue’s mum, are likewise neither innocent nor wicked, but flawed and complex....
...Illustration by Graham Roumieu Top Syrah/Shiraz performers (with approximate prices per bottle) • Penfolds Grange 2010 South Australia £459 • Paul Jaboulet Aîné, La Chapelle 2010 Hermitage £161 • Tua Rita...
...Rita Hills AVA is campaigning to extend it eastward....
...I could not even communicate with Basie and the young farm foreman Uys (pronounced Ace); only Rita spoke English rather than reticent Afrikaans....
...For all Jancis Robinson’s Christmas recommendations go to ft.com/christmaswine Illustration by Ingram Pinn...
...“McDonald’s did some lovely work,” says Rita Clifton, chairman of BrandCap, an international branding firm. “But it was divorced in people’s minds from its main work.”...
...Karina Robinson, chief executive at board search firm Robinson Hambro, says: “My 20-year-old self abhorred the very idea. My 30-year-old self didn’t believe in them....
...Other artists including J Cole and Rita Ora remain under contract to Sony for further albums but will transfer when those contracts expire....
...Patrick Keiller’s Robinson in Ruins (), a pastoral/sociological/historical documentary from the British director of London and Robinson in Space, also tries your patience....
...So to help people like the Modimbas, Esther, Kremer, and Robinson designed the Savings and Fertilizer Initiative (SAFI) program....
...www.jancisrobinson.com More columns at www.ft.com/robinson...
...The Short View: Hurricanes and oil prices Anybody who thought hurricane Gustav would do for oil prices what hurricanes Rita and Katrina did in 2005 was quickly proved wrong on Monday, says Javier Blas....
...Samantha Robinson’s Rita is open and true, without becoming saccharine; Anna Francolini, as Gertie, suggests a deep well of sadness beneath her sensible exterior; and Suzan Sylvester, as the frustrated...
...With hindsight I can see the actions of my chief of staff (Auntie Rita) in shredding bundles of papers found in Robert Jnr's room might look bad....
...The non-partisan shirt is also the choice of Trina Robinson, an actor and playwright from Brooklyn. “I don’t want to put my agenda on anybody else,” says Robinson....
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