Oak plus age equals quality is (or was) the gold standard of Spanish wine - but it's being steadily replaced by a focus on terroir, and one producer in the stony hills west of Madrid is leading the way
Washington State has grown from a handful of wineries in the early 1980s to more than 1000 today. Now it's shaking up the US wine scene by exploring a diverse set of grape varieties
Many wine lovers set out on a path from grape to grain, but it's paved with pitfalls. Andrew Jefford offers some advice as he charts a course between single malts and blends, how and when to water, and more...
It's been portrayed as one of the wine world's big success stories. But, says the veteran commentator, the bubbles could be set to burst
It’s one of the world’s most rewarding wine regions, capable of profound, ageworthy bottlings. Yet too many people dismiss it as a good-value glugger, argues veteran critic Tim Atkin MW
Recent controversies over offensive language have brought the humble tasting note to the fore. Harry Eyres chronicles the format's evolution and asks how critics can craft colourful but considered content
Count Louis-Michel Liger-Belair has rebuilt the estate founded by his Napoleonic ancestor in 1815 and lost by subsequent generations. In this extract from a longer essay, Fiona Morrison MW visits the family in its Vosne-Romanée residence
Investors are reducing their exposure to the traditional fine wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy and turning to Italy for reliable and future-proofed collectibles
The legendary vineyard has multiple owners, but only one of them is a billion-dollar multinational corporation. Elin McCoy considers the implications of Constellation Brands’ fight to take control of the To Kalon name
On Bordeaux is an anthology of wine stories from 1833 to the present day. Here we reproduce an 1893 entry from the great comic writing duo Somerville and Ross, who travelled the Médoc one autumn with their notebooks, sketchpads and a new device they called ‘the Kodak’ for their only venture into wine writing – with hilarious and still familiar results