Club O Collection

For too long overshadowed by close sibling Dom Pérignon, Moët’s Grand Vintage deserves more recognition, says Essi Avellan MW, who tastes back a century to 1921…

From Sassicaia to Opus One, the past half-century has seen various fine wine ‘origin’ brands emerging and establishing themselves in the Cabernet firmament. But perhaps the most romantic story of all is Viñedo Chadwick's. John Stimpfig tells the tale

Essi Avellan MW introduces the hotly anticipated Bollinger R.D. 2008, a fitting wine to mark the baton exchange from the late Gilles Descôtes to Bollinger’s incoming chef de cave, Denis Bunner

The grape varieties that dominate the Gironde also have a long history in other wine regions of the world. Jane Anson looks beyond the borders for a Cabernet reshuffle

Amid a perfect winter wonderland, Speyside’s Glenfiddich launched its historical Archive Collection with festive fanfare. Kristiane Sherry was there to share in the spectacle – and taste back through the distillery’s decades

Clear or coloured, light or heavy, young or old… Rum is the one spirit to exist happily across a wide stylistic spectrum. Now, says Dave Broom, as its popularity booms, that diversity is expanding beyond its traditional Caribbean base

The premium whisky market is seeing more rare, limited-edition bottlings than ever before. Colin Hampden-White homes in on this year’s headline releases

It started with the ‘liberation’ of some vines from a Penfolds vineyard. Five decades on, Huon Hooke glories in just how far Chardonnay has come down under, with a look at the top current examples

Sarah Marsh MW revisits a stellar vintage and finds a lot to commend it over the mid-term, with several wines now coming into their peak drinking window

In the early 1950s, Laurent-Perrier’s Bernard de Nonancourt came up with a vision for a groundbreaking new prestige cuvée. Today, Grand Siècle is as celebrated as it is misunderstood, so in a bid to grasp its raison d’être, Simon Field MW paid a visit to Château de Louvois, the house’s ancestral seat