Everything I wrote in August

Plenty of material kept coming in August - here are the highlights.

• On JancisRobinson.com, I wrote:
  • A short review of some Penfolds wines, including several vintages of Grange (subscription required)
  • Tasting notes aplenty, as part of our assemblage series of tasting articles, including (subscription required):
    • 29 Australians
    • 31 from the 'rest of France'
    • 28 from around Italy
    • 26 North Americans
    • 73 from the Rhône, including some top names from Hermitage
    • 39 sweet and/or fortified wines
    • 32 South Africans
    • 43 wines from central and eastern Europe
    • 28 Kiwis
  • A vertical tasting report on Wolf Blass Black Label (subscription required)
  • Two lovely pink wines of the week (free to read):
    • Ch Beauchêne from the Rhône 
    • Ramón Bilbao's ambitious and delicious new premium Rioja rosé, Lalomba
  • My monthly Spittoon column discussed modern art, sort of (free to read)
• My Off Licence News column considered that age-old question, the Next Big Thing
• My Living France column covered the wines of the Auvergne
• Six blogs, which included two of my most popular posts ever:
  • MW research papers available to read - free!
  • Is the wine industry kidding itself?