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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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Andrew Jefford: ‘Come on in, the flames said. Taste wine; avoid hypothermia’
Andrew Jefford on the pleasures of Niagara Chardonnay...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Perhaps they think “drinkers like oak”. Really?’
Andrew Jefford on the subjectivity of tasting...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘I urge every reader to enjoy wine thoughtfully’
Andrew Jefford on enjoying wine in context...
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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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Aldo Fiordelli: ‘The east-facing vineyard absorbs the morning’s first sunlight’
Eastern exposure is more critical today than it was in the past...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’
Andrew Jefford on the language of rosé...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’
Andrew Jefford on why tales of terroir can be misleading...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Can wine help us make sense of tragedy?’
Andrew Jefford reflects on recent events worldwide...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Pinotism is a cult within the wine world. Why?’
Andrew Jefford on the stature of Pinot...
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Bordeaux 2021 En Primeur: first impressions
A first look at what to expect from the Bordeaux 2021 vintage...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Macron’s own love of wine seems genuinely sincere’
Andrew Jefford on the president's appreciation...
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My life and job as a personal wine consultant
What does it take to become one?...
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The power of music: How Brahms might make your wine taste better
Can music enhance your experience of a wine?
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Andrew Jefford: ‘The wine world has some dangerously alluring myths’
Andrew Jefford on four wine world myths and why they don't hold...
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Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’
It’s unlucky for Languedoc that its appellations stretch from east to west rather than north to south...
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Anson: Liber Pater wine and the rush for rare grapes in Bordeaux
Jane Anson visits the estate behind the 'most expensive wine in Bordeaux'...
