Côte Rôtie produced a healthy volume of fruit in 2023 and, providing growers reined back on excess and waited for individual ...

Lesson learned after judging the UK finals of the Copa Jerez sherry-and-food pairing competition: the kids are alright, and ...

On the whole, northern Rhône whites fared well in 2023. Despite relatively low acidity and higher pHs there’s a freshness in ...

The Wine Society outdid itself for value in the wines it showed to the media last month. The proportion of wines I marked GV, VGV and even VVGV for various shades of value felt like the highest ever.

After a marathon tasting spree from Vienne to Valence, James Lawther finds the challenging vintage light on ageability but ...

The Yellow Bittern is open for Monday lunch when many restaurants of a similar calibre are closed. There is even a bookshop ...

Clearly, I am an American – which means I’m preoccupied by the potential demise of our political system on 5 November … but I ...

In 1988 I wrote a book called The Demon Drink about the defining ingredient of all alcoholic drinks. It did not exactly fly ...

Warming, sweet, historic and a bargain: from €17.50, $29.99, £25.75. Above is the view from the office of Domaine La Tour ...

The best of the autumn offerings from Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, The Co-op and Lidl – and thoughts on the brutal retail ...

Despite challenges, it’s a banner year for wine up and down the West Coast. Above, a harvest rainbow at WeatherEye Vineyard ...