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Jancis Robinson on the rise of Romanian wine

Producers have made impressive progress in a country where consumption per capita is heroic




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The definition of natural wine

‘To qualify as a Vin Méthode Nature, a wine has to be made from hand-picked organic grapes’




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Jancis Robinson on where to buy wine online

Join a live discussion with our wine columnist on Sunday April 5 at 12pm and 5pm UK time




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Jancis Robinson on the best ways to sell your wine collection

The most popular method is through the outfit you bought it from




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Jancis Robinson on how to invest in wine, part one

A Marie Kondo-style approach is best, according to serious collectors – if it doesn’t spark joy, sell it




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Jancis Robinson on Anderson Valley, California

It was only when champagne producer Louis Roederer arrived in the early 1980s that this hippy hideout was put on the international wine map




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Jancis Robinson on the new wave of Spanish wines

There is a new-found confidence in what Spain, and Spain alone, can offer




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The things I love about Argentine wine — and the one I hate

The country’s new-wave wine producers have different ideas about what an Argentine Malbec should be




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Bordeaux’s charming – and charmless – 2010s

‘These long-lived wines need time in bottle to soften and become truly appealing; the best examples can continue to improve for decades’




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Tips from the Top: Jancis Robinson’s best wine addresses in London

The FT’s wine columnist reveals her favourite clubs, cellars and bars in the capital




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Why it’s time to cut back on glass wine bottles

Don’t be snobbish about wine in cans, pouches or cartons. Glass bottles have a far higher carbon footprint




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Try Hungary’s Tokaji, but keep it dry

Dry varietal Furmint has caught on with local winemakers and oenophiles as sweet wines have fallen out of fashion




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My best bordeaux ever

‘The wines are delightfully ripe but they also have an admirable spine of acidity and tannin’




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Valtellina: the pinnacle of fashion

‘The only problem with these elegant Nebbiolos is that they can be difficult to find’




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Why should wine taste like minerals?

‘Minerality is a character that has nothing to do with anything fruity, veggy, oaky, flowery or spicy’




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Can Mâconnais wines rival the best burgundy?

A retrospective tasting of Jean-Marie Guffens’ exceptionally nervy creations suggests so




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Why Mr Merlot is key to the present state of Italian wine

How Carlo Ferrini went from top consultant to being awarded winemaker of the year three times




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Some resolutions for 2020

I am guilty of shying away from the off-piste section of a wine list. I hereby resolve to be more adventurous




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Meet the Heidsiecks: a new force in wine

‘Descours and his team have put ‘Charles Heidsieck’ back in the champagne mainstream’




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Hot stuff: Burgundy’s heatwave vintages

Winemakers are becoming more skilled at coping with rising temperatures




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Jancis Robinson’s top 20 sweet and strong wines for Christmas

From Muscat to Madeira, the best — and best-value — tipples for the festive season




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Jancis Robinson’s stunning white wines for the festive season

From a delicate Muscadet to a powerful Meursault, 26 wines of excellent value




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Train your successor before you need one

To move on to a dream job, have someone ready to replace you at the old one




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It is not too late to recreate yourself

One thing that almost anyone who has ever changed career direction has done is to retrain




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People are better than money at motivating employees

Stable, extroverted, agreeable people tend to like their jobs, irrespective of their salaries




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Iceland football boss — part-time dentist

Adding a sporting dimension to your career can be therapeutic




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Help us fix the disability employment gap

We need to do more to get the disabled into work




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Stick to a single page CV

While you polish your CV, go and clean up your virtual existence too




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Millennial v Boomer: Are tears a crying shame for CEOs?

Debating about whether it is ever OK to become emotional in the office




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Career advice for septuagenarians

Donald Trump will be 70 next week and Hillary Clinton will be 69 in October




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How to take down walls and build a strategic network

Why women must conquer their fear of networking and do it anyway




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Be careful how you play the Bame game when recruiting

You will not keep a diverse workforce unless its members feel they are fully part of the organisation




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Millennial v Boomer: young workers and EU

Debate: One says youthful staff want to remain in the EU, the other fears apathy




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Good cause to celebrate a woman in the chair

Olga Zoutendijk’s appointment as chair of ABN Amro is a landmark, and the bank is better for it




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Handbags to the fore in search for the ‘tailor-made’

Artisans provide antidote to today’s frenzied lifestyle




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Give your gardener feedback and your nanny a bonus

Put as much effort into being a good employer at home as at work




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Millennial v Boomer: Young staff like to share, up to a point

One says employees want to be untethered while the other believes they dream of buying a home




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Mrs Moneypenny’s Question Time — resist skipping post-flight shower

Everything from what you wear to your posture plays a role in how impressions are formed




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How to pick the perfect global event — and shoes

Which conferences are worth your time and money? Here’s how to decide




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Introducing my podcast, Irreverent Questions

Other people’s working lives are endlessly interesting — always something to learn




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Are work spaces for staff or clients?

Millennial v Boomer: One stands by her employee ping pong tables while the other caters discreetly for customers




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Wales, it is time to fire up your job creation turbo engine

Wales is getting it right on job creation if you ask me and Aston Martin




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The gender question can be wrong

Many travails exist beyond being judged by your sex




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We need to know what female execs are paid

Putting women on boards was just the first step




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Millennial v Boomer: young generation wants radical feedback

Newer employees like their appraisals upfront and often




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Snow and strikes are no obstacles for gritty women

Are women more committed than men when it comes to getting to the office?




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The world’s big problems should not keep us awake

How much sleep do we need to get the most out of our waking hours?




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South Africa’s mass screening helps stem the coronavirus tide

Use of community health workers to identify cases draws heavily on experience battling tuberculosis and HIV




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Tanzania hiding true number of Covid deaths, opposition says

Secret burials, overflowing hospitals and dead MPs, as president takes refuge in home village




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Zimbabwe pleads for aid to avert ‘collapse’ and fight Covid

IMF and other international institutions cannot lend to Harare because of debt arrears