
Sarah Jane Evans MW
Sarah Jane Evans MW is an award-winning journalist who began writing about wine (and food, restaurants, and chocolate) in the 1980s. She started drinking Spanish wine - Sherry, to be specific - as a student of classics and social and political sciences at Cambridge University. This started her lifelong love affair with the country’s wines, food and culture, leading to her appointment as a member of the Gran Orden de Caballeros de Vino for services to Spanish wine. In 2006 she became a Master of Wine, writing her dissertation on Sherry and winning the Robert Mondavi Winery Award. Currently vice-chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine, Evans divides her time between contributing to leading wine magazines and reference books, wine education and judging wines internationally.
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Expert’s Choice: Uruguayan Tannat
Tannat has settled well in this welcoming corner of South America...
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Rueda’s rapid rise
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Create the perfect Spanish cellar
Sarah Jane Evans MW and Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW explain how to build the perfect Spanish cellar.
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From the archive: Dry Sherry for summer – panel tasting results
All you need now is the ibérico ham...
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Ructions in Rioja
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What gives a wine ‘length’? – Ask Decanter
Where does that after-taste come from?...
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Comparing Artadi terroirs: Single vineyard wines
The single vineyard wines of Artadi are among the best in Rioja...
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Great white Rioja wines for summer
Rioja whites are reaching new heights with cooler sites...
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The changing face of Vega Sicilia Valbuena
Sarah Jane Evans MW tastes a vertical of Vega Sicilia's Valbuena...
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Rioja renegades: 10 producers writing their own rules
Free spirits of Rioja and wines to look for...
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Top Spanish Mencía wines: panel tasting results
A fascinating tasting said our judges...
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Pintia Toro: Tasting the changes
Evaluating the changes at the estate since 2001...
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Are notes of vanilla a sign of American oak? – Ask Decanter
Is this true that vanilla notes in a wine are a sign it has been aged in American oak? Sarah Jane Evans gives her view to Decanter
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The many faces of Rioja
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Priorat wine: Panel tasting results
Priorat seems to have come a long way since our last tasting...
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Expert’s Choice: Premium Cava
Don’t forget the high-end Cava wines that offer all the quality and style of Champagne, says Sarah Jane Evans MW....
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Alvaro Palacios 2015 vintage preview
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Explore Spain’s undiscovered whites
There is great quality to be found among Spain's modern white wine styles...
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First taste: Vega Sicilia’s new releases, including Único 2009
Sarah Jane Evans rates the latest wines...
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Back from the brink: Good value white Rioja wines
Sarah Jane Evans MW recommends the ones to try...
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Top Roda I, Rioja Reserva wines to try
Sarah Jane Evans reports on a vertical tasting...
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Discovering Spain’s new winemakers plus their top wines worth seeking out
Winemakers to discover...
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Spend a weekend in Jerez: Travel guide
A perfect long weekend in wine country...
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Vintage guide to Rioja
Sarah Jane Evans MW explains how styles have shifted as Rioja producers move away from the official classifications, and suggests the vintages, and wines, to look out for.
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