As the world emerges from lockdown, the grandes marques of Champagne are hoping to rebound with a string of high-profile releases. But will consumers be looking instead to pop the corks on more modest cuvées?

The Wine Society’s Rhône, German and Southern French buyer is the latest guest columnist to document his experience in lockdown

From Grange to Wendouree, Hill of Grace to Grosset, Huon Hooke lists his 15 most collectable Australian wines

Joe Fattorini has been chronicling the changing moods and fortunes of the UK’s sommeliers as they face up to an uncertain future. The results have only increased his respect for our corkscrew wielders…

In her new book, Wine Girl, Victoria James tells of the misogyny and chauvinism she faced as a young, female sommelier in New York. In the episode below, a patron’s prejudices reach the very bottom of the barrel in a shocking denouement…

In lockdown, the pandemic has convinced the advertising legend of the need to change our approach to agriculture. And, he says, the wine world can do its bit…

Porto’s hugely ambitious World of Wine will open this summer despite the global pandemic, says the force behind it