I have heard many times that Champagne is not a real wine, that it has its place at parties, that it doesn’t reflect the land,...

Ten years ago all Australian wine was going in the same direction, right? They were big, brash fruit bombs that were particularly appealing to a...

Hot on the heels of our hugely enjoyed (and very successful) celebration of Rioja last October, we have been offered some wonderful older – and we...

The perfect wine to sip by a crackling fire over the festive season, Madeira is also a small island in the Atlantic which, although nearly...

We’ve all heard tales of sky-high prices for Clarets from the very finest properties in Bordeaux: Margaux, Pétrus, and Mouton-Rothschild are just a few of...

Rioja is Spain’s vinous calling card, a powerhouse of a region with a long history of traditional and innovative wine-making dating back to the mid-nineteenth...

A buying trip to Argentina is the stuff of wine merchants’ dreams (along with happy customers and record sales), so I jumped at a recent...

Although we might be happy to drink Port at any time of year, there is no doubt that Christmas is the time when it really...

The River Rhone is one of the great rivers of Europe, rising at over 2000 metres altitude in the Swiss Alps before flowing into France...