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Hugh Johnson: ‘Among wine lovers the goal should be simply appreciation’
Hugh Johnson looks back to the birth of Decanter...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Labels, of course, play the key role’
Hugh Jonhson on wine's 'real worth'...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Fizz comes very high on my comfort list’
Hugh Johnson's 'comfort list' of wines...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘I let the essence of Musigny weave its spell around me’
Notes from a memorable Burgundy dinner...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘A Hermès tie calls for a plain shirt’
Hugh Johnson on choosing wine in a restaurant...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘There is real excitement to be found among neglected grape varieties’
Hugh Johnson on the merits of forgotten varieties...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘At what level you start getting your claret kick is a personal thing’
Hugh Johnson on the appreciation of claret...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Château-owners’ secret, they always said, was in their special soil’
Hugh Johnson on what creates a wine’s flavour...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Today it’s a palo cortado, a relatively elusive midfield player’
Sherry: the great failsafe favourite option...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘A comatose customer is not in a position to order another bottle’
Hugh Johnson on the differing alcohol levels of wine...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Veteran wine books are by modern standards short on facts’
Hugh Johnson on the merits of wine books past and present...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’
Hugh Johnson talks about his lockdown wine choices...
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Hugh Johnson: ‘What can irritate me is change for change’s sake’
Hugh Johnson's latest column on the wine world...
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Hugh Johnson: In praise of half bottles
why we should be drinking more half bottles...
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Latour wine de force
A unique tasting was laid on at Christie's New York for 30 Latour lovers and collectors recently. HUGH JOHNSON joined them.
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Sauvignon and Semillon: Hugh Johnson’s Column
Sauvignon and Semillon – Bordeaux’s white wedding
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Open the Bottle: Hugh Johnson’s column
It's all in the timing
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New Zealand’s vineyards: Hugh Johnson Column
New Zealand should go the whole Burgundy hog
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Hugh Johnson’s Column: 100 point system
89, 90, even 100...what's the point?
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The Golden Age Of Tokaji Wines
Ancient bottles of Tokaji wines still turn up from time to time. Hugh Johnson takes a closer look at these great wines.
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Hugh Johnson: Dreaming of my perfect restaurant
Hugh Johnson considers his restaurant 'wish-list'...
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Comment: Has wine quality improved?
Are wines today better than past greats?...
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Hugh Johnson: Do we need a natural wine alternative?
Hugh Johnson on natural wines....
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Comment: Time to look beyond what you know
