It’s become a hot – and often misunderstood – topic, with conflicting reports about what goes into most wines, why, and what is actually permitted. Simon J Woolf explains all…

The history of wine is a long and convoluted one, and it takes a writer of rare skill to bring it to life. In a typically sparkling excerpt from his re-issued The Story of Wine, the veteran journalist looks at how Christian Spain built its wine industry on Moorish foundations

Most of us will have rejected a wine because it was corked. But have you ever sent a bottle back because it tastes of light? Essi Avellan MW explains the increasingly topical issue of lightstrike

What to drink in the mellow days of late summer? Henry Jeffreys' The Cocktail Dictionary is an A-Z guide of every cocktail recipe you need to know, from the Old Fashioned and the Martini to the Margarita and Daiquiri. Here he picks three seasonal cocktails to try at home

What makes a great vintage? As the 2020 harvest begins across Europe, Jane Anson takes a look at the five criteria that Bordeaux vignerons use to determine just how good a vintage is going to be

There’s no getting away from it – wine is intoxicating. But, argues Jamie Goode in his new wine ‘manifesto’, it is, to some extent, different from other such substances: it is a virtuous intoxicant

The wild, natural and traditional wines of Georgia have been the darling of the hipster wine scene. But, says Lisa Granik MW, too many are nothing more than hobbyist ventures – and such amateurism damages the country’s long-term prospects

A clutch of high-end, ambitiously priced pink wines are this summer’s status symbol. So why shouldn’t rosé command the same prices – and respect – as classed growth Meursault or Margaux, asks Elin McCoy

Planning a staycation in Scotland this year? Here are the whisky distilleries that have re-opened to visitors for tours and tastings