Jancis Robinson

Jancis Robinson 2015

Jancis Robinson (2010)

Jancis Robinson (born April 22, 1950 in Allerdale , Cumbria ) is a British wine critic .

She is regarded as one of the specialists in grape varieties and wrote the book Grape Varieties and Their Wines , in which over 800 varieties are described. She began writing for Wine & Spirit magazine in 1971 and became a Master of Wine in 1984 . She is also the editor of the Oxford Wine Dictionary .

Together with Robert Parker , Jancis Robinson is one of the most famous wine experts in the world. In 2004 a dispute between the two caused a stir. Robinson had criticized the 2003 Château Pavie on its website , whereupon Parker questioned its impartiality. Today, according to their own statements, the two get along very well again.

Robinson received an honorary doctorate from the Open University , she is a member of the Order of the British Empire .

She writes a weekly column in the Financial Times .

She is married to restaurant critic Nicholas Lander and has three children.

Fonts

• with Julia Harding and José Vouillamoz : Wine Grapes. A complete guide to 1368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavors. Allan Lane 2012. (Kindle Edition) ISBN 978-1-84614-446-2
• Confessions of a Wine Lover . Viking Books, New York 1997, ISBN 0-670-85423-9 (autobiography)
• Oxford Wine Lexicon ("Oxford Companion to Wine"). Hallwag, Munich 1995, 2003, 2007 ISBN 3-7742-0914-6
• Wine atlas ("The world atlas of wine"). Hallwag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7742-0775-5 (together with Hugh Johnson )
• Vines, grapes and wines ( "Vines, Grapes and Wines"). Hallwag, Bern 1987, ISBN 3-444-10333-6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oliver Styles: Parker and Robinson in War of Words April 14, 2004, accessed November 8, 2015
2. ↑ Parker and Robinson in clinch, March 31, 2008, accessed November 8, 2015

Web links

• Literature by and about Jancis Robinson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jancis Robinson's website
• Interview with Jancis Robinson in the NZZ Folio magazine