The JancisRobinson.com Podcast

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What's The JancisRobinson.com Podcast about?

From renowned writer, critic, and Master of Wine Jancis Robinson, alongside her team at JR.com, this flagship podcast celebrates the people, places and pours redefining the landscape of wine.

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The JancisRobinson.com Podcast episodes:

04.30.2024
Frosts devastates EU vineyard, Port 2022 releases, falling wine consumption
Single-quinta vintage port announcements are a rare bright spot in a week of frost reports and new data on falling consumption, production and trade. Read the transcript of this episode at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/frosts-devastates-eu-vineyards-port-2022-releases-falling-wine-consumption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.23.2024
2022 Vintage Port, 2023 Bordeaux en primeur, 2024 South African harvest, and Wachau's commitment to sustainability
Which houses have made 2022 vintage port declarations? What is en primeur and what was Bordeaux's 2023 vintage like? How was the 2024 harvest in South Africa? And how has Vinea Wachau gone the extra mile in committing to sustainability? Read...
04.16.2024
Women in wine; BC challenges; Fortnum & Mason shortlist
Tam is shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards’ Drink Writer of the year. There is a new global database for female winemakers, viticulturists, brewers and distillers. And wineries that use 100% British Columbia grown grapes are...
04.09.2024
Spain’s heat and France’s rain, Majestic’s wine-bar acquisition, natural fungal controls
A new study suggests that local fungi perform better than fungicides when combatting grapevine trunk diseases; Chinon floods, Spain dries up, and Majestic acquires Vagabond. Read the transcript of this episode at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/spains-heat-and-frances-rain-majestics-wine-bar-acquisition-natural-fungal-controls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.02.2024
Canned wine science, Sonoma wineries go private, and tariffs on Australian wine finally laid to rest
Canned wine's reduction issue, Patz & Hall and Truett-Hurst are, once again, privately held, and Beijing finally lifts tariffs on Australian wine. Read the transcript of this episode at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/canned-wine-concerns-sonoma-winery-buybacks-china-tariffs-lifted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.26.2024
Neo-prohibitionists infiltrate the WHO and the bottom line trumps community in California
Neo-prohibitionist organizations are behind recent anti-alcohol policy at the WHO and California's largest wine companies are importing foreign bulk wine and selling it under American labels. Read the transcript of this episode at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/neo-prohibitionists-and-who-and-californias-imported-bulk-wine-problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.19.2024
A Grand Cru quality Mosel Pinot Noir, Chinese tariff update, Argentina’s export tax scrapped, and more
The Mosel VDP approves Abtsberg vineyard as a Grosse Lage for Spätburgunder, China recommends lifting tariffs on Australian wine, Argentina lifts its proposed 8% export tax on wine, and more! Read the transcript of this episode at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/blue-nun-goes-french-mosel-pinot-noir-promotion-australia-tariff-relief. Learn more about your...
03.12.2024
Can de-alcoholized wine be organic? How cheap can wine get? And Australia’s wine glut...
Germany's government submits an application in Brussels for the dealcoholization of organic wine to be approved under EU law, the Australian government forms a task force to propose solutions to Australia's wine glut, and Lidl sells bottles of Bordeaux at...
03.05.2024
A new Spanish DO, grape price wars, Canadian winegrower grants
Canada's Minister of Agriculture, Lawrence MacAulay, announces a $177 million extension to the Wine Sector Support Program, winegrowers in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux vote to leave the Union des Côtes de Bordeaux group, Spain gets a new DO, growers protest...
02.27.2024
Fair prices for farmers, sustainable packaging, health scares, Napa auction
The Bordeaux Commercial Court orders négociants to pay a grower more than €350,000 for violating the EGAlim law and paying him less than the cost to produce his wine, Australia offers grants for sustainable packaging innovations, unfastidious publications run clickbait...
02.20.2024
Canadian cold snap, California 2023 harvest, French wine exports decline
British Columbia is hit by a devastating freeze that wiped out 97-99% of the potential 2024 wine grape crop, California boasts its largest crush in 4 years, and France sees exports decline. Read the transcript of this episode at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/canadian-cold-snap-california-2023-harvest-french-wine-exports-decline. Learn more...
02.13.2024
Chilean wildfires, Canadian cold snap, and EU pesticide proposals scrapped
Chile’s Valparaíso region is hit by devastating fires, Alberta threatens to block any wine imports from British Columbia, the EU Commission scraps their most recent pesticide proposal, and Jancis is awarded the IMW Lifetime Achievement Award while the Old Vine...
02.06.2024
Grower protests, debt restructuring, anti-alcohol campaigns, and the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards
Farmer protests in France wind down, protests in Riverland Australia pick up, Accolade Wines’ debt is acquired by Australian Wine Holdco, the Oregon wine industry fumes over Oregon Health Authority’s anti-alcohol campaign, and 67 Pall Mall launches the Global Wine...
01.30.2024
French farmers protest, Vintage Wine Estates declines, Saudis sell wine, and California schedules meetings to define 'regenerative'
Uneasy times in the south of France and at Vintage Wine Estates on the US West Coast, while Saudi Arabia opens a wine store and California attempts to define regenerative agriculture. Read the transcript of this episode at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/french-farmers-protest-saudis-sell-wine-and-other-wine-news. Learn more about...
01.22.2024
Regenerative organic certification, wine delivery and the SVB report
Regenerative organics picks up speed; Drizly shuts down; and wine is losing the battle to spirits for market share. Read the transcript of this episode and find the full list of Regenerative Organic Certified Vineyards at https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/regenerative-organics-wine-delivery-and-svb-report. Learn more about your ad...
01.16.2024
William Fèvre, sparkling and fine wine sales, Argentina's new export tax, and a new series on JancisRobinson.com
William Fèvre sells to Domaines Barons de Rothschild, sparkling and fine wine sales falter, Argentina's new president imposes an 8% export tax on wine, and we launch a new series called 'Wine Boot Camp'. Read the transcript of this episode...
01.09.2024
Naked Wines, alcohol taxes and Oregon wildfires
Naked Wines cuts prices, the Netherlands increases alcohol taxes, the Thai government decreases alcohol taxes, and Oregon wineries sue PacifiCorp. Senior US Editor for JancisRobinson.com, Samantha Cole-Johnson, walks us through the wine news for the week. Learn more about your ad...
01.02.2024
NOLO, leaf removal, and deficit irrigation
What should you know about no and low alcohol beverages? How are anthocyanin levels affected by mechanical leaf removal and deficit irrigation? Senior US Editor for JancisRobinson.com, Samantha Cole-Johnson, walks us through the wine news in 5 minutes a week...
01.30.2023
The rock star who's putting Arizona winemaking on the map; hosted by Elaine Chukan Brown with special guest Maynard James Keenan
Those who follow the musical career of Maynard James Keenan, lead singer of bands such as Tool, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, may not know that he is an accomplished winemaker in the Grand Canyon state. He planted his first...
01.16.2023
Bordeaux, fine wine, and what constitutes a classic, with special guest Christian Seely
Christian Seely is not a winemaker, but he runs a crack team of fine winemakers all over the world as the man in charge of the wine division of insurance company AXA. But he’s no boring executive; he really, really...
01.02.2023
Wine and Climate, hosted by Elaine Chukan Brown with special guest Professor Kimberly Nicholas
Two women who care passionately about our changing climate, wine writer Elaine Chukan Brown and sustainability scientist Professor Kimberly Nicholas, who has a special interest in biodiversity, farming, wine and food, discuss what we as individuals can do in the...
12.19.2022
The extraordinary story of "Blind Ambition," with special guest Tinashe Nyamudoka
This is the remarkable story of four Zimbabwean economic refugees who arrived in South Africa with nothing but the clothes on their back (and having never tasted wine) who ultimately became the first ever team from Zimbabwe to compete in...
12.05.2022
Pairing Wine and Food, with special guest Tamlyn Currin
Is matching wine to a dish, or vice versa, a vital, unnecessary or automatic activity? Jancis Robinson is a libertarian who argues that no thunderbolt from on high will come to strike you down if you get it wrong. However,...
11.22.2022
Introducing The JancisRobinson.com Podcast
Join host Jancis Robinson and the editors of JancisRobinson.com as we explore the people, places, and pours that are redefining the landscape of wine. We share untold stories about wine through insider perspectives on the trends and personalities behind what...

What's The JancisRobinson.com Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The JancisRobinson.com Podcast episodes:

Frosts devastates EU vineyard, Port 2022 releases, falling wine consumption

2022 Vintage Port, 2023 Bordeaux en primeur, 2024 South African harvest, and Wachau's commitment to sustainability

Women in wine; BC challenges; Fortnum & Mason shortlist

Spain’s heat and France’s rain, Majestic’s wine-bar acquisition, natural fungal controls

Canned wine science, Sonoma wineries go private, and tariffs on Australian wine finally laid to rest

Neo-prohibitionists infiltrate the WHO and the bottom line trumps community in California

A Grand Cru quality Mosel Pinot Noir, Chinese tariff update, Argentina’s export tax scrapped, and more

Can de-alcoholized wine be organic? How cheap can wine get? And Australia’s wine glut...

A new Spanish DO, grape price wars, Canadian winegrower grants

Fair prices for farmers, sustainable packaging, health scares, Napa auction

Canadian cold snap, California 2023 harvest, French wine exports decline

Chilean wildfires, Canadian cold snap, and EU pesticide proposals scrapped

Grower protests, debt restructuring, anti-alcohol campaigns, and the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards

French farmers protest, Vintage Wine Estates declines, Saudis sell wine, and California schedules meetings to define 'regenerative'

Regenerative organic certification, wine delivery and the SVB report

William Fèvre, sparkling and fine wine sales, Argentina's new export tax, and a new series on JancisRobinson.com

Naked Wines, alcohol taxes and Oregon wildfires

NOLO, leaf removal, and deficit irrigation

The rock star who's putting Arizona winemaking on the map; hosted by Elaine Chukan Brown with special guest Maynard James Keenan

Bordeaux, fine wine, and what constitutes a classic, with special guest Christian Seely

Wine and Climate, hosted by Elaine Chukan Brown with special guest Professor Kimberly Nicholas

The extraordinary story of "Blind Ambition," with special guest Tinashe Nyamudoka

Pairing Wine and Food, with special guest Tamlyn Currin

Introducing The JancisRobinson.com Podcast