Short and challenging, with some bright spots, such as Galicia, where the harvest was small but the healthiest in a decade.

The power of bitterness in the complex polyphony of Georgian cuisine. ‘putin Xuilo’* it said on the high, rusty metal gate of ...

In October, in London, Vinexus, the import company founded by the much-missed Nicholas Belfrage MW and Nick Bielack MW, shot ...

A visit to Volný's herbarium in Serbia illuminates the country's role in grapevine biodiversity in Europe, says Caroline ...

The US presidential election took place on Tuesday 5 November and Donald Trump was declared the next president of the US ...

In 1988 I wrote a book called The Demon Drink about the defining ingredient of all alcoholic drinks. It did not exactly fly ...

For the 2020 Volnay, the Pillots completely destemmed the Pinot Noir before cold soaking it for 4–5 days. Fermentation was ...

The Yellow Bittern is open for Monday lunch when many restaurants of a similar calibre are closed. There is even a bookshop ...

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Côte Rôtie produced a healthy volume of fruit in 2023 and, providing growers reined back on excess and waited for individual ...

The best of the autumn offerings from Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, The Co-op and Lidl – and thoughts on the brutal retail ...

And two new wine regions recognised: Beverly, Washington AVA (shown on the image above) and France's new PGI Lorraine, an ...