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2006 vintage guide for Pessac-Léognan and Graves
Beverley Blanning MW reports on the Bordeaux 2006 vintage in Pessac-Léognan and Graves...
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Touriga Nacional – Nacional Hero
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Winners and Losers of Chilean wine awards
The winners – and losers – of the Chilean wine industry’s recent awards took everyone by surprise. BEVERLEY BLANNING MW considers the implications and a possible new era for the country’s producers
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Handbag, Lipstick, Beaujolais
Producers of France’s forgotten wine are targeting middle-aged women in their new marketing. The forever-young BEVERLEY BLANNING MW wonders if they’re not selling themselves a bit short
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Hot topic – Global Warming
BEVERLEY BLANNING MW looks at how winemakers are coping with climate change, and wonders if it means an end to our classic wine styles
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Nuclear Charms
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How to Get Your Kids into Wine
You want to interest your children in wine, but how to ensure they appreciate it rather than abuse it, asks Beverley Blanning MW
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Morey-St-Denis
Morey-St-Denis may be among the lower profile communes, but it embodies all that is best about Burgundy’s individuality, says Beverley Blanning MW
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Jean-Charles Boisset interview
Beverley Blanning MW meets the innovator set to shake up the wine world even more by blending Côte de Nuits with Californian Pinot Noir
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Alvaro Palacios: Spanish Wanderer
Alvaro Palacios is Spain’s most talked about winemaker. But as Beverley Blanning MW finds out, he can talk a fair bit himself…
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First Italian-Chilean joint venture
The first Italian-Chilean joint venture has just been announced in Chile – between Marchesi Antinori and Chilean winery Haras de Pirque.
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Sale of historic Russian wine fails to attract bidders
A sale of historic wines from Ukraine’s Massandra collection failed to excite interest last week at Sotheby’s in London: 63% of the lots failed to sell.
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MW symposium to test critics’ taste buds
The world’s top wine critics will have their taste buds scientifically tested this summer at the four-yearly Institute of Masters of Wine Symposium.
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Music, mime, farce – and wine – in sommelier challenge
One of the most prestigious sommeliers’ prizes has been won by a Scandinavian for the second time running.
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Perception of wine smells ‘unique as fingerprints’
Clues to understanding why we all perceive wines differently were unveiled by an American scientist at the Masters of Wine Symposium in Napa.
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Elvis would have done wonders for wine, MWs told
Wine marketers have missed a trick by failing to provide meaningful links between wine and music, the MW Symposium heard last month.
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MWs raid cellars for one-off auction
Masters of Wine across the world have been unearthing treasures from their cellars to donate bottles to fundraising auctions taking place at the end of this month.
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High alcohol wines on the way out: Marks & Spencer
Major UK supermarket Marks & Spencer is predicting a drop in consumer interest in higher-alcohol wines – and will source more wines ‘at 12% rather than 14% alcohol'.
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‘Surprise’ at Wines of Chile Awards
The world of Chilean wine was turned on its head last week as the results of the fifth Wines of Chile Awards were announced in Santiago.
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‘Audacious’ Kiwis take on best of Bordeaux
Two wines from the tiny Gimblett Gravels area of Hawkes Bay in New Zealand have out-performed Bordeaux wines ten times as expensive.
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UK parents out of touch on children’s drinking
Parents are too slow and insufficiently active in teaching their children about alcohol, according to new research from drinks industry body the Drinkaware Trust.