Jancis Robinson
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Jancis Mary Robinson (born in Cumbria on April 22, 1950) is a British wine writer and journalist.
She studied Mathematics and Philosophy at Oxford University and worked for a travel company after leaving university. She started her wine career writing for the trade magazine Wine & Spirit in 1975. In 1984 she became the first person outside the wine trade to become a Master of Wine.
She has an honorary doctorate from the Open University, and was made an OBE in 2003, among many other awards for her writing. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website.
Jancis Robinson is married to the food writer Nick Lander; they have three children.
[edit] Publications
- Robinson, Jancis. Confessions of a Wine Lover. ISBN 0-14-023529-9.
- Robinson, Jancis (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Wine. ISBN 0-19-866236-X.
- Johnson, Hugh, Robinson, Jancis. The World Atlas of Wine, 5th edition.
- Robinson, Jancis. Vines, Grapes and Wines. ISBN 1-85732-999-6.
- Robinson, Jancis. Jancis Robinson's Wine Course. ISBN 0-563-37098-X.
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