Our columnist was meant to be in Australia this winter, reconnecting with her childhood. Instead, she’s dreaming of its riches through a Burgundian lens

Unlike a ‘Master of Wine’, someone calling themself a ‘Master Distiller’ needs no qualifications, and the title bestows no authority. And that has rather got under our spirits columnist's skin

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

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

As the demand for limited-edition single-malts continues to grow, so prices will continue to rise. But, warns our columnist, what happens when the tide turns?

BBC Radio 4's enduring show, now approaching its seventh decade, invites a famous figure to choose a luxury item to complement their musical selection. And as our wine columnist reveals, guests' wine choices have become more and more profligate

Veteran food writer Tim Hayward questions what made us lionise celebrity chefs, and argues that it's time for another out-dated institution to be torn down

Whether wine or whisky, drinking is, by its very nature, a shared, social experience, not given to cautious precision. So what are we meant to do now?

For New Zealand winemaker Oliver Styles, it was a question that came to dominate his life over a testing – and testy – two months during harvest

From a brush with the gendarmes to a rapidly-emptying cellar, Nina Caplan chronicles a surreal but well-nourished two months hunkered down in the remote Burgundian countryside