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    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      How to examine an old bottle of wine

      An illustrated guide to what you might see – and when it should worry you

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about wine but were too embarrassed to ask

      The FT’s wine guru answers 121 readers’ questions — including the ones you’d be embarrassed to ask her yourself

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      How to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew

      An illustrated guide to something you probably shouldn’t try at home

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      How I learnt about wine

      Four FT journalists share their journeys into the world of wine – including via famous neighbours and underage subterfuge

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      How to start a wine cellar

      Even cheap bottles get better with age — but you need to know what to buy and when to drink it

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      How to talk to a sommelier

      ‘I have wines on my list to suit every taste and budget — but you’ve got to help me to help you’

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Jancis Robinson’s Wine Guide
      How do I become a Master of Wine?

      ‘I’ve written raps about the benefits of natural cork versus other closures, created dance routines to remember the weather conditions of each Beaune vintage’

    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      FT Wealth
      The perils of investing in a boutique winery in China

      A passion for viniculture — and lots of money — is needed in a challenging climate and difficult market

      A casually dressed middle-aged man leans against a bar holding a glass of red wine
    • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
      FT MagazineDan Keeling
      Where to find the world’s best wine bars

      Paris is the gold standard, but London is learning. Dan Keeling shares the best spots for a good glass

    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      FT MagazineEmily Campeau
      Want a career change? Try winemaking

      I went from serving wine to making it — and many a ‘néo-vigneron’ has done the same

    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      FT MagazineDan Keeling
      What to drink at a dinner party

      A wine obsessive asks: what should you pour for people who couldn’t care less? 

    • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
      HTSI
      Eight winning wine bags

      Spice up your picnic with these flash carries

      Tanchen Studio elastic and oak bottle carrier, S$65 (about £38
    • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Greece’s wines are impressive. Its tastings are not

      It’s hard to recommend wines when you don’t know what’s in the bottle. Luckily, there’s a new approach

    • Saturday, 22 July, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      How the Ricasolis took back Chiantishire

      Tuscany’s blue-blooded wine dynasties are putting down new roots

    • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Jancis Robinson’s summer wine recommendations

      What wine to try in July — and what temperature to serve it at 

    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Wine investors wary of full-bodied prices for star 2022 vintage

      The latest offerings from Bordeaux have been much praised

    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      Brad Pitt
      ‘Petulant’ Pitt accused of ‘looting’ Provence vineyard he owned with Jolie

      Divorced Hollywood stars’ legal battle over Château Miraval heats up

      Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
    • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      My day at the races with the unknown queenpin of wine

      Barbara Banke rules a small empire at Jackson Family Wines, but few people know her name

    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      HTSI
      The call of Porquerolles

      The legendary French island seduces with its wild, elusive landscape. Go for the folklore – and stay for the wine

      Domaine de l’Île
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Châteauneuf-du-Pape is back

      In the Rhône, a village is restored to its rightful place as a wine destination 

    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      My return to South Africa

      Once, twice, three times a judge of the Trophy Wine Show

    • Saturday, 17 June, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Waitrose’s best wines: Jancis Robinson’s recommendations

      An update on the supermarket’s top bottles, including a delicious low-alcohol white wine

      illustration of wine bottles in a police lineup
    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Pure joy: the best of Brooklyn’s cool natural wine scene

      Explore fabulous lesser-known, low-intervention wines at four of the hippest spots this side of the East River

      A pinkish wine being poured into a glass on a table at Brooklyn’s Nura restaurant
    • Saturday, 10 June, 2023
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      On the hunt for California’s ancient, vanishing vines

      The old vineyards of Lodi and Contra Costa offer some of California’s finest and most underrated grapes — but how long will this remain a grape-growing regions?

    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast24 min listen
      Food and Drink mini-series: demystifying wine with André Mack

      In our latest bonus episode on food and drink, the sommelier and winemaker explains how wine has become less pretentious, and teaches us how to taste

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