Chablis wine region | JancisRobinson.com
Burgundy's white wine outpost is one of France's most northern and it is hardly surprising therefore that the wines are naturally relatively sinewy, high in acidity and steely rather than …
Cabernet Sauvignon | JancisRobinson.com
The progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, is the world's most famous red wine grape, and most planted of any colour.The 'chocolate' to Chardonnay's 'vanilla', Cabernet is much …
The Wine Society celebrates 150 years | JancisRobinson.com
Mar 6, 2024 · A range of broachable fine wines that has taken 10 years to put together and marks a major anniversary for the UK's favourite wine-buying co-operative is launched today. As …
Merlot wine grapes | JancisRobinson.com
Merlot conventionally makes lush, plummy, velvety wine that can soften Cabernet's more austere frame and, usefully, matures much faster. Very much a wine of the times, it enjoyed enormous …
Pomerol wine region | JancisRobinson.com
Like St-Émilion, Pomerol is a small plateau dotted with small wine farms, on an even smaller scale. The most famous Pomerol of all, Petrus, comprises hardly 12 ha (30 acres) of a very …
Grenache | JancisRobinson.com
Grenache is an unlikely hero of a grape. Until recently reviled or at best ignored in much of the world, it is the grape chiefly responsible for two of the world's more celebrated reds, …
Cabernet Franc | JancisRobinson.com
In 1997 it was shown by pioneers of applying DNA analysis to grapevines that Cabernet Sauvignon is the progeny of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, so in fact Cabernet Franc, …
How to store wine | JancisRobinson.com
Nov 18, 2020 · In very general terms the ideal wine storage temperature is probably between 10 and 15 °C (50 and 59 °F), but no great harm will come to wine stored between 15 and 20 °C …
What is wine? | JancisRobinson.com
Jul 3, 2019 · What is wine? Wine is quite simply the most delicious, most varied and most complex drink on the planet. To me it is almost incredible that the fermented juice of a single …
Wine maps | JancisRobinson.com
Wine maps of the world. Since Hugh Johnson launched The World Atlas of Wine in 1971, it has sold over 4.7m copies worldwide in eight comprehensively revised editions, four of them co …