So what happened to wine in 2024? In a word: weather, lots of it and rarely following established patterns. A slightly ...

Back in April 2021, DO Cava announced that by 2025 they would require all Cava de Guarda Superior wines – an umbrella category that includes Reserva, Gran Reserva and Cavas de Paraje Calificado – to ...

Paltrinieri told me, ‘Solco is a wine we designed to be approachable and joyful – a modern interpretation of Lambrusco that ...

… and rewarding Tam and Jancis with heady verticals of Grange, Bin 389, Yattarna and a host of Special Bins. Above, the ...

While political demonstrations against the governing Dream Party raged in Tbilisi in late November, Julia escaped the capital ...

Not many professional tastings but an unusual number of lunches.

In 2008 we sold a DVD of such Vintners’ Tales episodes as we could find in aid of Comic Relief. David Williams, then editor ...

The best new releases from Piemonte, the Veneto and other points north that have crossed Walter's desk in the last few months ...

A month ago, Long Chim finally opened in Rupert Street, Soho, just a few doors away from Speedboat Bar, the Thai restaurant ...

And Fontanel because this winery in France’s Roussillon region excels at both.

Melbourne has more wine bars per capita than any other city in the world. Okay, so I don’t know whether this is true – but it ...

Very, very few producers have examples of each closure over several vintages – or admit to it. (It is rumoured that the ...