December is always a quiet month for tastings and trade events, so I was able to catch up on writing up various long-pending articles, as well as fitting in a quick visit to an English wine producer in Sussex. Now that January is underway, Burgundy week is kicking off to give a busy start to the year.

The bottle of Blue Nun 1974 pictured above was found in The Little Museum of Dublin, which I visited over the new year period.

Here’s everything I published last month.

• On JancisRobinson.com:

  • My Spittoon column considered the flaws of the scores (free to read)

  • 38 tasting notes from the latest Oddbins range (subscription required)

  • 106 tasting notes on older Rhône wines (subscription required)

  • 17 tasting notes and a short article on the wines of Moldova and Bulgaria (subscription required)

• My Living France column began a new theme, examining great French wines via great quotes, starting with Hillaire Belloc and Chambertin

• … and there were four posts here on my blog.