Jancis Robinson

Jancis Mary Robinson OBE ComMA MW born 22 April 1950 is a British wine critic journalist and wine writer She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times and writes for her website JancisRobinsoncom updated daily She provided advice for the wine cellar of Queen Elizabeth II Robinson was born in Carlisle Cumbria studied mathematics and philosophy at St Annes College University of Oxford and worked in marketing for Thomson Holidays Robinson started her wine writing career on 1 December 1975 when she became assistant editor for the trade magazine Wine Spirit In 1984 she became the first person outside the wine trade to become a Master of Wine From 1995 until she resigned in 2010 she served as British Airways wine consultant and supervised the BA Concorde cellar luxury selection As a wine writer she has become one of the worlds leading writers of educational and encyclopedic material on wine and was described by Decanter as the most respected wine critic and journalist in the world The Oxford Companion to Wine edited by Robinson is widely considered to be the most comprehensive wine encyclopedia in the world The first edition was published in 1994 and took five years to write after she was signed on as editor in 1988 In addition The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Robinson is one of the worlds leading wine atlases In 1995 Robinson appeared in a 10episode wine course on BBC 2 television This series was later reissued on DVD A book titled Jancis Robinsons Wine Course was written to accompany the series and has gone through several editions In 2015 she launched an online wine course Mastering Wine Shortcuts to Success on udemy In 2022 she launched An Understanding of Wine an exclusive online course for BBC Maestro She has an honorary doctorate from the Open University and was made an OBE in 2003 among numerous other awards for her writing Her accolades include multiple Glenfiddich Awards and André Simon Memorial Awards and a selection as the Decanter 1999 Woman of the Year In 2016 she was made an Officier de lOrdre du Mérite Agricole was given the German VDP associations highest honour and won for fourth James Beard Award in the US Following a difference of opinion with Robert Parker over the 2003 vintage of Château Pavie the following media coverage frequently described a war of words between the two critics Less dramatic than the predominant press view Robinson and Parker as of 2008 had a cordial relationship In 2012 Allen Lane Penguin in the UK and Ecco in the US published a 1200page book called Wine Grapes coauthored by Robinson with Julia Harding MW and Jose Vouillamoz which won every major wine book award The book provides comprehensive details on 1368 vine varieties and won six major wine book awards In 2018 Jancis appeared in the film SOMM 3 to taste some of the worlds finest wines and discuss the Judgment of Paris wine with some of the worlds most respected wine figures including the late Steven Spurrier wine merchant Robinson is married to the food writer Nick Lander author of The Art of the Restaurateur they have three children Julia William and Rose Source Article Jancis Robinson from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30