The Oxford Companion to Wine

Jancis Robinson needs no introduction, but is arguably the most respected, prolific, and well-known person in wine today.

She's the award-winning founder and editor of jancisrobinson.com, a columnist for the Financial Times, the author of the Oxford Companion to Wine, and co-author of the World Atlas of Wine.

41 years ago, Jancis began publishing the World Atlas of Wine fifth edition.

Today we'll talk about wine and the upcoming ninth edition of the atlas.

But I had no illusions as to how much work would be involved.

And, um, in '98, I think I'd just surfaced from doing the second edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine, and I realized, you know, could I really take this on board? Uh, but I am a sort of personality that if you put a hurdle in front of me, I do try and drag mys- I tend to try and drag myself over it, even if I've just broken my leg.

Uh, but of course, I had to discuss it with my long-suffering husband, Nick, who I think I'd just about persuaded [laughs]

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