Features
Bordeaux châteaux: families versus corporations
Do family companies make a better job of running Bordeaux châteaux than corporations? It depends on the family and the depth of its pockets, finds Jane Anson
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News
Hand sanitiser: a heartbreaking lifeline for distilleries?
As the lockdown heads towards its sixth week, spirits distillers are beginning to take stock of the new normal – and in some cases, finding an unexpected silver lining
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Columns
How I learnt to bake the (almost) perfect sourdough
Food writer Fiona Beckett had never felt the need to compete with master bakers – not least because her late husband was one of them. But now, alone in lockdown, the time had come for a poignant epiphany
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Reports
Formidable scholarship: Jane Anson’s Inside Bordeaux
With this definitive and entertaining work Anson confirms her place in the front rank of international Bordeaux experts
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News
South African wine: does the government have a hidden agenda?
Ahead of an announcement from the president, South African wine producers fear the government is using coronavirus to wage retribution on an industry that, according to their trade body, it ‘has not supported for many years’
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Columns
Bruce Schoenfeld was always a hoarder. In lockdown, he’s had to change tack
Our US columnist wrote this piece in January. ‘Little did I know then that I wouldn’t be ordering wine in restaurants for months,’ he says. ‘Turns out fighting the pandemic by staying home is far easier when you have a substantial cellar – but it does take a toll on your inventory…’
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Features
1,000 trees in a single glass: English eau de vie
Prince Charles' Highgrove orchard is a genetic repository of over 1,000 ancient and distinct apple trees, which provides Barney Wilczak with the key ingredient for Capreolus Distillery's special eau de vie
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Reports
The superb wines of Margaret River’s McHenry Hohnen
Complex, delicious, and capable of great ageing, these wines are among to finest you will see in Western Australia. That’s why Bono was only given six bottles
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News Reports
How to run a virtual wine tasting
From watching Kyle Maclachlan to a Q&A with Katharina Prüm, there are a thousand ways to interact with wine online. Adam Lechmere dives into the wonderful lockdown world of virtual tastings and asks, does that backdrop really work?
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News Reports
The six drinks podcasts you need to know
Amid a wealth of online wine and spirits chat, we cut through the noise to assess the most notable broadcasts
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