Wine maps | JancisRobinson.com
WEBWine 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-authored by Jancis. Enjoy exclusive access to these fully searchable maps from the most recent, 2019 edition. A.
The World Atlas of Wine, 8th edition - Jancis Robinson
WEBWine is geography in a bottle and a really detailed wine atlas should be at every wine lover’s elbow. Hugh Johnson assembled the first edition of the magisterial World Atlas of Wine half a century ago and went on to produce three more. Jancis came on board in 1998 and has now been responsible for another four editions. Total sales worldwide for the …
Wine vintages | JancisRobinson.com
WEBGrowing seasons vary enormously from year to year. Here's your free guide to the most relevant vintages in the most significant regions. We think these brief descriptions are more useful than a numerical score.
Burgundy Red Wine Vintage Chart: 1978 to 2022 - Jancis Robinson
WEBA growing season plagued by misfortune - a hard frost during budbreak, a wet and cool spring, powdery mildew, botrytis, and rain near harvest. The saving grace of this vintage was sunshine that arrived in early September, allowing the minuscule crop to reach maturity. Light, elegant wines with relatively low tannins and alcohol.
Merlot wine grapes | JancisRobinson.com
WEBMerlot, like the Cabernets, is widely grown throughout south-west France, notably in Bergerac and in Cahors where it is the common blending partner of Malbec. It is also very widely planted in the Languedoc where it can make juicy, plump IGP wines (generally more successful than Cabernet Sauvignon). Just like Merlot the wine, Merlot the vine ...
Cabernet Franc - JancisRobinson.com
WEBIn 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, whose origins seem to lie in Basque country in the western Pyrenees, must predate Cabernet Sauvignon by quite a while.As a vine and a wine, Cabernet Franc is more ...
OCW Home | JancisRobinson.com
WEBWe are delighted to give members of JancisRobinson.com exclusive access to this easily searchable version of The Oxford Companion to Wine online – including audio pronunciation guides to nearly 2,500 terms. This is the fourth edition of this much-garlanded reference work, published in September 2015. We have continually corrected and …
Muscat | JancisRobinson.com
WEBThe Muscat grape may not be thought of as one of the great international classics but its history is many times longer than that of such newcomers as Cabernet Sauvignon for example. It was almost certainly the grape variety referred to by writers in classical times as being particularly attractive to insects for its heady smell and impressive ripeness. …
Grenache | JancisRobinson.com
WEBGrenache 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, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and, a more recent star, Priorat. Part of Grenache's problem is that it is so widely planted. Although in this century much of it has been ...
Cabernet Sauvignon | JancisRobinson.com
WEBThe 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 more positively flavoured than Chardonnay, and ripens much later, so tends to be planted in rather warmer areas. The great distinction of the wine it produces ...