The home of Nebbiolo – and many other wonderful grapes – is baffling and contradictory, and utterly Italian. Which is why it deserves our love, says our wine columnist
In addition to managing the $500m-a-year Jackson Family Wines, Barbara Banke has built the family’s racehorse business, Stonestreet Farms, into the top breeding operation in the United States. This photographic snapshot of our wider profile provides an insight into the Kentucky stables
He can whistle 35 different bird calls but his motorcycling ambitions remain unfulfilled... London's most dynamic Italian chef bares all
It's long had a reputation as a neutral spirit – great for mixing, but not a sipping drink. Now a new wave of producers is going back to the source to produce vodkas that showcase their raw ingredients – and harness greater character as a result
With its Champagne and its £100,000 ampoules, the producer of Grange and other legendary wines has moved into the luxury goods market. Now it's had its fingers burned in the Chinese market. Adam Lechmere wonders what it all means for those of us who simply want great Aussie wine
Battered by COVID and targeted by the government, the South African wine industry is resolute in its determination to ride out the crisis
When Massimo Ferragamo was looking around Tuscany for a small vineyard, he had no intention of buying an entire town. But on seeing Castiglion del Bosco, it was a case of love at first sight
Fifth-generation Eden Valley winemaker Stephen Henschke and his wife, viticulturalist Prue Henschke, discuss golf and green tea, balloons and baboons
You know about Japan, and maybe Taiwan. But German whisky? Finnish whisky? Australian whisky? Welcome to whisky’s new world order – a world which, says Becky Paskin, is getting better and better…
The rivalry between Bordeaux and Burgundy is as ancient as the creamy stones of Saint-Émilion. But as she heads east to dine in "the Other Place", our new columnist finds open-mindedness far more important than competition
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