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Timeline of Jancis Robinson (JancisRobinson)

JancisRobinson

Jancis Robinson (JancisRobinson)

London

http://www.jancisrobinson.com

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Fri, Jul 30

  • 05:02  Interesting speculative piece by Tim James on possible purchase of TMV & whither Charles (Screaming Eagle) Banks, Cordoba http://ow.ly/2iEDR >
  • 04:58  Left hardback Proust (Barolo?) and took paperback Claire Messud (Brouilly?) to beach. Much more riveting. >

Thu, Jul 29

Wed, Jul 28

Tue, Jul 27

Mon, Jul 26

Sun, Jul 25

Sat, Jul 24

Fri, Jul 23

Thu, Jul 22

Wed, Jul 21

Tue, Jul 20

Mon, Jul 19

Sat, Jul 17

Fri, Jul 16

  • 14:16  Hell must have Ryanair's inflight blandishments on a continuous loop. >
  • 11:59  Off to Languedoc for usual summer rustication via charity wine weekend in Dordogne. 'Stough. >

Thu, Jul 15

Wed, Jul 14

Tue, Jul 13

  • 20:55  Bollinger RD 1959 truly wonderful today. A 20 pointer (v rare for me). Disgorged only May this year and rich yet full of life (Who is both?) >
  • 20:42  @jqquah @CathyMarston Explanation: If I include bit.ly it doesn't appear on my site where some pple object to non wine tweets.  [in reply to jqquah]  >
  • 12:27  Just sitting down to lunch w Bollinger V(very) RD from 4 decades. Sorry to boast. >
  • 09:18  Thanks so much for all those great suggestions. 1. garlic 2. citronella 3. lavender 4. basil seems to be the consensus bit.ly >
  • 08:50  Any suggestions for effective, ecologically sound (Languedoc) mosquito protection, please? Pref chez Boots. bit.ly >
  • 06:21  Congratulations to The Semillons (inc @Timatkin, @antrose33) for raising £22,000 for Everyman on Fri at Vinopolis >

Mon, Jul 12

Fri, Jul 09

Thu, Jul 08

Wed, Jul 07

Tue, Jul 06

  • 22:40  @kerryritz agreed re relation between HK and mainland Chinese wine buyers bit.ly  [in reply to kerryritz]  >
  • 16:10  Of Farr's #09bordx sales, HK/Macau (+ bit of Spore) bought 40% by val and 15% by vol ie all top stuff, esp Le Pin. Mainland China hardly any >
  • 14:10  Farr Vinters #09bordx sales: £53million with just over 30,000 cases sold. So average sale price of £1760 per case. ! >
  • 14:06  Just about to present some Slovenian wines at an event at Vinopolis. >
  • 11:49  'Are you buying bordx 2009?' thread on Purple pages forum: 163 posts, 13,000 views. 'Bargain from Tesco': 8 and 429 respectively. ?? >
  • 06:35  @miyukikatori 'How Australia went down under' at http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/a200904023.html  [in reply to miyukikatori]  >
  • 06:21  Official stats last yr: >27m cases Oz wine sold below cost, 11m cases exported in bulk wine <Aus$1 per litre >

Mon, Jul 05

  • 22:38  @heatherOWC Need to wait until suppliers have been informed of Opera House house wine choices before giving more details, I suspect. Sorry.  [in reply to heatherOWC]  >
  • 18:11  Just blind tasted candidates for house red, white + rose at Covent Garden (Royal Opera House). Not bad at all. Shd be in place by Sep. >
  • 11:17  @patlee Do like Dutton Goldfield Chard. Less exposed to their Pinots. Tho alas hosts y'day served their 93 Vickers Idaho Chard instead. Old!  [in reply to patlee]  >
  • 11:15  See http://bit.ly/cliFfZ for what Asians typically think of pink wine. (Not P!nk) >

Sun, Jul 04

  • 10:24  Best independent wishes to all laudable, friendly Americans today. Planning to celebrate w Dutton Goldfield Chard 05 + Andrew Will Merlot 99 >
  • 08:11  Many tx for kind comments about my FT article on #09bordx madness. Quite agree w @thewineremedy there's also some gt value. See earlier FTs >

Sat, Jul 03

Fri, Jul 02

  • 10:41  Who's doing German 09 offers in UK apart from H Ripley, J&B, OWLoeb (& presumably Wine Soc & Tanners) pse? >
  • 10:23  @allonlister Fortunately for me the extravagance was kind importer Roy Richards inc 4 more 1950s: Murrieta white, RauzanS, PCanet & Cheval B  [in reply to allonlister]  >
  • 10:20  @griffiti Wd New World palate appreciate Laville HB 1950? Suspect not. Waxy nose. Creamy palate. But far from fruity & slightly dusty. Treat  [in reply to griffiti]  >
  • 10:14  @donalde Thank you! bit.ly  [in reply to donalde]  >
  • 10:12  @antrose33 Tx for pointing out that Oz's site seems to be down. Have asked for new link to Young Wine Writers Award  [in reply to antrose33]  >
  • 08:01  Very sad that we have lost the delightful Douglas Murray of Montes in Chile. >

Thu, Jul 01

Wed, Jun 30

  • 21:20  Incredible how grounded P!ink + team are. Hugh had spritzer; P not. She's WSET student too. >
  • 18:34  Nice, sensible #09bordx offer just in mail from Tanners. Notable because a) it's on paper and b) has 40 reds below £300 a doz. Bravo! >
  • 08:36  A varied day in prospect: lunch with Hugh Johnson, dinner with Pink. >

Tue, Jun 29

Mon, Jun 28

  • 21:24  @bibendumwine No recent change to UK wine serve size. Last govt ran out of time to pass amendments alas. So action needed.  [in reply to bibendumwine]  >
  • 16:34  Wine serves smaller than 12cl STILL illegal in UK. Please urge lynnette.falk@bis.gsi.gov.uk to change this unhealthy state of affairs. RT? >
  • 08:08  @Timatkin I found Mercure staff v helpful actually. Many congratulations to Fiona Thienpont & Jacques Lurton on VG #MWsymposium in Bordeaux.  [in reply to Timatkin]  >

Sun, Jun 27

Sat, Jun 26