The month of May involved judging for the Rioja 10x10 competition, the London Wine Fair, releasing five new episodes of the podcast (including interviews with Marco Pierre White and Alex James) and two long weekends, which involved buying and drinking wine - including the excellent 1985 Taylors port pictured above. And I also wrote the following:

• On JancisRobinson.com:

  • My Spittoon column investigated an open-source winery that are sharing literally everything they do online (free to read)

  • A mini-vertical of Tio Pepe En Rama, including eight tasting notes (subscription required)

  • A super-reliable Provence rosé as a wine of the week (free to read)

  • Photographs of my walk up the hill of Hermitage (free to read)

  • 50 tasting notes on the latest releases from The Wine Society (subscription required)

• My Drinks Retailing News column considered the future of wine for retailers

• My Living France column answered a reader question about serving temperature for champagne

• … plus there were two posts here on the blog.