It’s one of the world’s most rewarding wine regions, capable of profound, ageworthy bottlings. Yet too many people dismiss it as a good-value glugger, argues veteran critic Tim Atkin MW

The veteran winemaker of one of Rioja’s most famous bodegas on amateur football, the gaita navarra, and the lure of Stellenbosch

It’s a story that has been told many times, but an extraordinary new film shows in gripping detail how the modern Lebanese wine industry exists because of – not despite – the terrible conflicts that have convulsed this most resilient of countries

Rum is being talked up in bartending circles as a spirit with the potential to take on the more premium end of the market – that of the aged sipping drink. Yet for most consumers, the wide variety of styles – and quality – of rum can still make things hugely confusing, argues our spirits columnist

Ahead of next week's #IWSCATHOME awards ceremony, the five candidates for the 2020 Spirits Communicator title have been unveiled. Here's the shortlist...

Beaune won't be buzzing next week but the legendary charity wine auction – the first look at the 2020 vintage – is going ahead, and bidding should be as fast and furious as ever

His ambition as a child was to be either an entomologist or a veterinarian - but gin lovers around the world should be thankful that Alex Davies discovered distilling

The future of mixology or pretentious white elephant? Guy Woodward visits this long-awaited addition to the London bar scene