The Trimbach family has been obsessed with Riesling for centuries and have kept their operation a close-knit family affair throughout. Jancis Robinson has been a long-term admirer and selected their…
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In a recent article, Jancis Robinson explained how she had stumbled upon the realisation that wine comes in two distinct styles. Jancis is a highly respected, authoritative figure in the…
‘This wine is a particular bargain as it’s got so much more flavour than the average Vinho Verde… As it opens in the glass, there’s a complex but very pure…
The wine of the week, Anselmo Mendes Muros Antigos Loureiro 2016, was contributed by Emily Lightfoot who has been a member of the JancisRobinson.com team for a few years. To…
The commune of Pauillac is the epitome of powerful, austere Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines that blossom with decades of maturity. Famous for Lafite, Mouton, Latour, the Pichons and Pontet-Canet, the wines are luxuriously…
The South African wine industry has long been undervalued internationally. Jancis Robinson recently noted that European wine drinkers are used to seeing SA wines on the bottom shelf. We have…
‘Arguably the single most admired dry Riesling made anywhere,’ writes Jancis Robinson on the Trimbach Clos Ste Hune from Alsace. Produced by the Trimbach family since 1626, the 12th generation is continuing the tradition…
This article first appeared on Moneyweb.co.za. Yields in the wine beverage market will be down as much as 25% to 50% next year, I was told by two major players…
After years of asking for an allocation, we have finally received a small lot of 2016 Rosé and 2014 Cuvée Classique from Domaine Tempier. According to the Wine Advocate, ‘the wines…
Vergelegen has flown somewhat under the radar in the recent South African wine revolution. One simple reason could be their custom of releasing wines later; today we offer their new 2010…