When you’ve made your mark in Burgundy, where to next? Not many winemakers head east to Jura, but François Duvivier of Domaine du Pélican has done just that – and is showing the potential of this in-vogue region

They were once something no self-respecting bon viveur would be seen anywhere near, but “low and no” drinks are now a valid option for those seeking an abstemious month

The much-decorated Master Sommelier overseas a wine list of thousands at Annabel's and its sister clubs – though the foundations for his love of wine were laid in the more modest surroundings of a camper van in a Loire vineyard

Finishing a spirit in a wine, sherry or port cask is becoming ever more sophisticated, with distillers searching out barrels from specific wine producers. But can you really tell the difference between whisky or gin finished in a barrel that previously held Corton grand cru rather than basic Bourgogne Rouge?

Brexit and COVID have made for a tumultuous backdrop. So how will the wine investment scene weather the storm in 2021?

After years of wine club dinners with starry bottles, our columnist has come to realise that it's better to know one lesser wine intimately than have a glancing familiarity with a dozen exalted cuvées

Photographer Patrick Desgraupes has transformed humdrum scenes of wine's fermentation into otherworldly images – part celestial constellations, part Christmas baubles. As we present a selection of shots taken at some of France's most revered estates, he tells us how he did it

Change comes slowly in this part of France. But now a generation of progressive Cognac cellar masters is challenging convention in this most conservative of regions – by revisiting its roots

Whisky commentator Colin Hampden-White takes issue with wine writer Andrew Jefford’s depiction of the whisky ‘magi’