If there is one wine critic you need to know more about, one wine taster that has a very strong credibility when it comes to assessing and recommending wines to you, it’s Jancis Robinson, the ultimate Master of Wine, who has been writing about wine for nearly 50 years now…
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Today, let’s forget about Robert Parker, the Wine Spectator, James Suckling or any advise you’ve ever received by any sommelier at a restaurant, and focus on who is arguably the most notable and respected wine personality in the world, the Master of all Masters of wine, the good things BUT ALSO the bad things about her you may never have heard about.
00:00 – Who is Jancis Robinson Intro
02:17 – The Most Respected of All Wine Critics
07:48 – The ‘’Bad’’ Controversies
12:02 – The Dark Side of Jancis Robinson
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I will stick to your suggestions and reviews young fella! IMO your the best ! Cheers 🍷
My opinion:
Best wine Critics: Jane Anson
Worst wine Critics: Decanter World Wine Awards
Best wine Producer: Ch. Lafleur
Best wine appellation: Pomerol and Barolo
Most overrated "appellation/area" Burgundy
Best Youtube chanel: Bonner Private Wines 🙂
visit any serious wine store on this planet and ya will see RP scores for prestigious stuff! sorry no JR…
Sometimes it was rumoured that Jancis was biased when talking and reviewing Burgundy wines. Following her tasting reviews for several years I was not able to find examples of that. I follow several wine critics but when I want to buy something new I will always tru to find out her opinion on the wine in question
I posted this comment elsewhere, possibly on your short for this video.
Jancis was the inspiration for my interest in wine 50 years ago, with her first book, 'Wine.' I didn't come from a wine drinking family but this book, shared with my flatmates at the time, got us buying mixed cases and tasting the bottles side by side, as Jancis suggested.
That love of wine is still with me and one of those flatmates is still a good friend to this day. I can't really thank Jancis enough.
I knew she went to Oxford but hadn't realised she studied maths and philosophy, nor that she loves Mozart, Handel and Tchaikovsky. Thanks for the info.
Great tribute Julien. Jancis Robinson is the GOAT for me. Let me say there are no bad points. First off, she was the first female Master of Wine and that is a blockbuster landmark. Next thing, I work in the world of books and her books are excellent. That book she did with Hugh Johnson is a great reference although it's a bit dated nowadays. I have books by Johnson and he is very old school French so Jancis made that work far more universal. The book on Grapes is a masterpiece.
Jancis is very approachable in a wine world that suffers with the issue of elitism. You get it and so do I. I only have to smell a glass to be mocked by my friends. Tasting notes to them are laughable. If we are to take our passion seriously, as we should, we have to ignore those comments and concentrate on those that are part of our community. As for the points system; Well, we will always agree to disagree but it's part of the landscape. 100 points, 20 points, 10 points, even 5 points.
I really rate her. I'd far prefer her opinion about a wine than that other fellow you mention. Truth be told though, I just go on my own individual journey with little intervention from 'experts'. WT
Not a dark side, just my own personal ?annoyance? By using a different scale, unless you follow her team solely, they cause you to calibrate their score vs. other critics scores. It would take too long to get to understand what a 17 means from a particular reviewer and know that that's equivalent to a 94 from a different source. So I tend to ignore the JR reviews, which is probably my loss.