The en primeur campaign is in full swing — and just as fraught as ever

Experimental winemakers are abandoning traditional, restrictive appellations

Jancis Robinson on why supermarket own-label sherries represent the best-value wines in Britain

A blind tasting shows there is no longer a gulf between the old and new worlds

The 82-year-old harpsichordist-turned-broker has done more than most to raise the profile of the region’s wines

Our wine critic leafs through her notebook where she keeps track of her more bibulous dinners

Once-derided wines are getting a new lease of life. What’s going on?

Some suggestions for combating ‘warm wine syndrome’

From the ‘16-glass-fizz-trick’ to identifying four of the most obscure wines in the world, the challenges are formidable

‘Producers make their wine in a funky shed, far from the tourist temples of Napa Valley’

After the heady years of the early 2000s, producers face some hard realities

‘The merchants were struck dumb by what humans and nature had achieved in the top reds of the 2009 vintage’

The vineyards of England and Wales have come of age — and the forecast is sunny

While some airlines have cut their wine budgets, there’s good news for jet-setting oenophiles

‘In 2018, many Austrian growers had to pick in September, not October, to preserve acid levels’

‘Santorini’s wonderfully nervy white has done much to put modern Greek wine on the map’

Nowhere beats the city for the opportunities it offers to taste and learn

‘Most of Burgundy escaped the unusually severe late-April frosts that shrivelled the 2017 grape harvest’

Jancis Robinson talks to Ariane Khaida of Duclot — and picks out some bargains

‘Some may argue red wine is what you drink with a main course and therefore a more serious match for food. Not so!’

From champagne to sake: Moet’s Richard Geoffroy and port’s Paul Symington are moving on

Whether you’re happy paying £12 or £2,200, here is Jancis Robinson’s choice of fantastic festive fizz