The Sideways effect: “If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving.  I am not drinking any f*****g Merlot“,  Miles pronounces in the film Sideways.  If like me,...

Today, it seems extraordinary to consider that, in my early wine education, there was a “Viognier void”. In 1985, Jancis Robinson noted that “I was...

Because Cabernet Sauvignon has so much more of everything – body, tannin, alcohol, colour – it is often supposed to be superior, but here at...

Most of us think of Tempranillo as the great grape of Rioja, but take a look at a map of the world’s plantings of it...

As the days grow shorter and the temperature gets cooler, my wine tastes turn away from the light, fresh whites of summer, and while the...

Once the loose woman of wine grapes, wont to rush into the embrace of an oak barrel without a thought, apt to overdo the make-up,...

The wine trade loves it – yet suggest a Riesling and you may get a spectrum of responses from polite doubt to outright rejection, seldom...