Chinese wines to ring in the New Year – or anytime, really, now that this portfolio is available in the UK. The convivial, wine-loving Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai once heartily suggested to his companion ...

When Ferran Centelles mentioned that we would be in Barcelona he asked to join us for dinner. But whether it was our company or Ferran’s choice of restaurant that was the driving factor was something ...

Not this one. Aôri’s Muscat of Spina is all about the mountain vineyard and the ungrafted centenarian vines. It’s bone dry, ...

Kolorko in Türkiye and Furmint in Tokaj share several features: they are both late ripening, with thick-skinned berries; they ...

The Bordeaux vintage tasted most recently at the blind-tasting marathon held every January at Farr Vintners’ Thameside offices in London, 2022, is bittersweet.

Part six of an eight-part series on how to pair wine with Asian flavours, adapted from Richard’s book. Click here for all the ...

What you need for a successful blind tasting, and how to set one up. For background, see How – and why – to blind taste. The only items you really need for a blind tasting are a glass, a brown-bagged ...

The last of three articles devoted to the 200-odd 2022 bordeaux tasted blind in this year’s Southwold-on-Thames tastings. See ...

What I am proposing is a new social contract between wine producers, the hospitality industry and consumers – herewith.

Whether you’re studying for a wine exam or just want to learn how to get more out of your glass, Sam will teach you how to ...

Many a year in the Southwold tastings the Merlot-based wines on the right bank are outclassed by the Cabernet Sauvignon-based ...

A continuation of Chris Howard’s two-part exploration of the newly revived wine regions of north-west France. Above, an ...