The 24-Hour Wine Expert | Jancis Robinson | Talks at Google

Jancis Robinson joined us in London to talk wine and the right things to ask a sommelier next time you are at a restaurant. Recorded in London, July 2016.
About Jancis:
Described by Decanter magazine as 'the most respected wine critic and journalist in the world', Jancis OBE MW writes weekly for the FT & daily for JancisRobinson.com, a wine information site with members in 120 countries. Her most recent book is also her shortest, a practical guide to the essentials of wine, The 24-Hour Wine Expert. She is editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine and co-author of The World Atlas of Wine and Wine Grapes, each of these books is recognised as a standard reference worldwide.
Robinson was born in Cumbria, studied mathematics and philosophy at St Anne's College, University of Oxford and 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.
She has an honorary doctorate from the Open University, and was made an OBE in 2003, among numerous other awards for her writing. Some of 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 l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole, was given the German VDP association's highest honour and won for fourth James Beard Award in the US. And there is much, much more!
Read more at jancisrobinson.com

[@davidperry7128]

Jancis recognised my work on an obscure French appellation and referenced me in the Oxford Companion to Wine. I couldn't have felt more honoured.

[@andeswines]

I wrote for Jancis Robinson MW for over 10 years about Chilean Wines. Wine Trends and later on, I organized a trip to Patagonia and Itata Valley and she had a great time and wrote about it. She rocks!

[@nemo82mi]

I learned a bit more about wine world today watching this interview. Great admiration for Jancis Robinson. Thank you! for

[@veersu]

GREAT TALK love the way how relaxed she is about giving away REAL knowledge about the industry

[@fuzznakano]

i love jancis. great interview. mjr tokyo

[@suginami123]

Excellent.

[@Underneaththebottle]

Watched the whole thing! Great to see a updated interview with Jancis. Really interesting to see what will happen in Scandinavian Viticulture the next couple of years.

[@shingo_ring]

Very insightful lecture! about the climate change, Denmark sounds promising to me considering their not-so-fertile land. Must be good for vines. Anyway, viking's wine sounds interesting!!

[@ShakespeareCafe]

As the great California vintner Carlo Rossi used to say “I like talking about wine but I’d rather drink it”. Pick up a gallon jug of his Burgundy at the grocery store and you’re set for a week

[@kamalakrsna]

please use a higher level volume.

[@bsplv]

great video

[@QualeQualeson]

She tastes 27 wines per day on average (and she asks the sommeliers what they think). Just thought I'd mention it.

[@soniastar6039]

What is the Udemy course?

[@WineJam]

Whats with the chain around Jancis neck! Good Consumer guide to wine !

[@Palpatine4Senate]

She had to go shoot a rap music video after this, so she got into her wardrobe early.

[@JohnSmythe-od4gk]

Homage to flava flav seeing as she was talking about wine flavours

[@Ben-vr6qz]

I can hear PC in wine now

[@fuzznakano]

order your food and then ask for a good wine match. easy.

[@Pletzmutz]

43:50 "I was the restaurant correspondent for ISIS" Doesn't sound like a great job for a wine expert.

[@ray-dp3nz]

First

What a crap interviewer. Jancis is one of the best people in the world of wine, and to have a DOSSER interview her is not good.

[@jamineli]

Probably great content and immense value but too verbose and not at all talented in cresting audience engagement and buikding interest!

[@seybertooth9282]

So it's the perfect book for millennials: you learn just enough wine terms to uphold the pretense of being cultural without having to go through the bother of acquiring any real knowledge.