Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, MW (born on 22 April 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and editor of wine literature. She currently writes a weekly column for the Financial Times, and writes for her website JancisRobinson.com. She also provides advice for the wine cellar of Queen Elizabeth II.
Writer and Broadcaster on Wine in Hampstead, London, England. [April 2009]
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She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Broadcasting and Journalism.
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Born in Cumbria, she developed a taste for wine whilst studying at St. Anne's College, Oxford University and has subsequently became the world's "wittiest wine writer" (Robert M. Parker) and arguably its most important.