Drinking Culture

Drinking Culture

In praise of French supermarkets

The joy of drinking ordinary wine on holiday. Plus a review of a lost classic: ‘Wine Dynasties of Europe’ by Harry Eyres.

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Henry Jeffreys
Aug 19, 2026
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For JancisRobinson.com this week I’m delighted to write about one of my favourite wine books, a lost classic from 1990 called the Wine Dynasties of Europe by Harry Eyres. It’s lost because the publisher went bust soon after publication and it got very few reviews. The book contains profiles of families such as the Bartons, Symingtons, Antinoris and othe…

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