Guest Column
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Hugh Johnson: ‘Fizz comes very high on my comfort list’Hugh Johnson's 'comfort list' of wines...
By Hugh Johnson Last updated
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Filippo Magnani: ‘Wine enthusiasts are eager to explore the more off-the-beaten-path areas’Filippo Magnani on wine tourism in Italy...
By Filippo Magnani Last updated
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Katherine Cole: ‘I think of moulded plywood and feel hopeful’Katherine Cole on the wine trends of 2024...
By Katherine Cole Last updated
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Melody Wong: ‘There is still a long way to go to fix the industry’Life as a female sommelier...
By Melody Wong Last updated
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Drinking wine with meals linked to better health outcomesMichael Apstein reports on a recent study...
By Michael Apstein Last updated
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Robert Joseph: ‘Why not embrace multi-vintage blends, as Penfolds did with its G3?’A place for multi-vintage wines...
By Robert Joseph Last updated
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Hugh Johnson: ‘I let the essence of Musigny weave its spell around me’Notes from a memorable Burgundy dinner...
By Hugh Johnson Last updated
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New and expanded Burgundy winemaker projects to watchCharles Curtis MW reports on high-profile changes in 2024...
By Charles Curtis MW Last updated
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Charlie Geoghegan: ‘If Bordeaux got out of its own way, more people might see what they’re missing’Charlie Geoghegan on his love of Bordeaux...
By Charlie Geoghegan Last updated
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Katherine Cole: ‘Steiner’s biodynamic viticulture thrives, despite outrageous statements that have come to light’Katherine Cole on the mixed legacy of Rudolf Steiner...
By Katherine Cole Last updated
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Artémis Domaines attracts spotlight over Burgundy plansRecent reports suggest a rejig of some wine operations...
By Charles Curtis MW Published
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Elin McCoy: ‘Vertical tastings are tantalising: they carry us into the past’Vertical tastings provide an unparalleled insight into a wine...
By Elin McCoy Last updated
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Karen MacNeil: ‘2023 was as perfect as any Napa vintage in living memory’Karen MacNeil on a vintage 'no one will ever forget'...
By Karen MacNeil Published
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Hugh Johnson: ‘A Hermès tie calls for a plain shirt’Hugh Johnson on choosing wine in a restaurant...
By Hugh Johnson Published
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Aldo Fiordelli: ‘Deep historical reasons connect Italians to the bitter taste in wine’Aldo Fiordelli on the Italian love for bitterness...
By Aldo Fiordelli Published
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Katherine Cole: ‘Yes, we are all doomed to die. But wine won’t do us in’Katherine Cole on alcohol in moderation...
By Katherine Cole Published
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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...
By Hugh Johnson Last updated
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Elaine Chukan Brown: ‘For an emerging region, success with a grape like Chardonnay proves tricky’Winemaking in Virginia...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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Joe Warwick: ‘Come Christmas, there’s a painfully challenging spike in the tired and emotional drinker’Joe Warwick on coping with the ‘festive fatigue’...
By Joe Warwick Published
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Elaine Chukan Brown: ‘While I’ve had sake and mead worth talking about, I wouldn’t call either fine wine’A mead which breaks ‘multiple rules’...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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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...
By Hugh Johnson Last updated
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Tim Atkin MW: ‘Rías Baixas’ reds are some of the most exciting in Spain right now’Extolling the virtues of red wines from Rías Baixas...
By Tim Atkin MW Published
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Frescobaldi’s Gorgona: A day on the prison islandWhere prisoners make wine...
By Vicki Denig Last updated
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Olly Smith: ‘The surging feeling of energy across the Greek wine scene is so potent right now’Olly Smith's 10 commandments of Greek wine...
By Olly Smith Published
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Elaine Chukan Brown: ‘In conventional terms, Arizona seems an unlikely place for vines’Raising vines in Arizona...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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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...
By Hugh Johnson Published
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Arthur Coggill on Bordeaux: ‘This is not a political gripe, just an economic fact’Why that €4 claret you enjoyed on holiday can’t be found in the UK...
By Arthur Coggill Published
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Charles Curtis MW: ‘Is Champagne truly going green or only greenwashing?’Charles Curtis MW on Champagne’s green credentials...
By Charles Curtis MW Published
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Elaine Chukan Brown: A return to hybridsThe potential of hybrids in fine winemaking...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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Kerin O’Keefe: Decant older wines? NeverA heartfelt manifesto as to why you should never decant an older wine...
By Kerin O'Keefe Published
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Elaine Chukan Brown: In defence of ZinfandelAdaptable and expressive of site...
By Elaine Chukan Brown Published
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Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW: ‘Rioja is not a type of wine. It is a whole wine country’Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW on Rioja’s renewed energy...
By Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW Published