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Article: Wines & Vines interview: Jancis Robinson; The popular author addresses California sweetness, global values and the MW exam.(Interview)
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- November 1, 2006
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Jancis Robinson is one of the world's most influential wine writers. The wine trade follows her opinions closely. Beyond her day-to-day influence, her books, especially The Oxford Companion to Wine and (with Hugh Johnson) The World Atlas of Wine, are essential reference books to anyone in the wine industry. She began her wine writing career in 1975, as assistant editor of the British trade publication Wine & Spirit International. In 1984, she became the first person not directly involved in the wine trade to become a Master of Wine. She received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003. She currently writes for the Financial Times of London and on her website, ...
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