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Time to change: Adam Lechmere on diversity in the wine industry
Our wine columnist on the worldwide efforts to ensure that the industry is open to all – and not just through qualifications
Our wine columnist on the worldwide efforts to ensure that the industry is open to all – and not just through qualifications
Sarah Heller MW argues that Italian wine is done a disservice when its appreciation is based on Bordeaux or Burgundian reference points
By finally looking to the future as well as embracing their past, Scotland’s distilleries – and the whisky scene as a whole – is on the cusp of a golden age, says Joel Harrison
Our intrepid columnist has spent a year of lockdown in search of the world's weirdest drinks – ‘like a gastronomic astronaut, exploring the outer limits of what the human palate can imagine...'
Columnist Nina Caplan is no fan of International Women's Day, but she is a fan of female winemakers making their voice heard through the quality and character of their wines
Despite the surge in popularity of low-and-no alcohol drinks, Joel Harrison is not exactly in high spirits at the prospect of trying them
We can all drink well at home during lockdown, but only a good somm brings that added, intangible frisson of exoticism, says columnist Nina Caplan
In the UK, the average bottle of wine sells for just over £5; in China, consumers turn their nose up at anything less than £20. Why?
Wines today are prized for being "authentic". But authenticity should relate to what's in the glass, not the shifting sands of fashion, says Adam Lechmere
Joel Harrison jumps into his DeLorean and heads back to a decade celebrated for memorable movies – and malts