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‘None of the ladies who played bezique at this very table could have imagined a Rothschild woman in charge’
‘If the UK is headed for a retail crisis . . . then we are planning for a great crisis’
Wines that are easy on the palate and pocket
‘Australian wine exports to China are worth more than twice those to the UK’
‘The quality being made today is higher than it has ever been, and the range is so much wider’
‘With climate change, higher villages on the Côte d’Or are producing whites with enough ripeness’
‘Rioja had a bit of a reputational wobble a couple of years ago because the name had no value’
What is wrong with enjoying your leisure with a fine vintage?
‘There are signs of change in how the variety is viewed — ambitious, sophisticated Garnachas are proliferating’
About 70% of people in managerial and professional jobs have drunk alcohol in past week
‘The four most recent vintages of Craiglee Shiraz have a common thread of freshness and delicacy’
As prices enter the stratosphere, wine lovers are looking elsewhere – largely to Germany
Rowan Gormley’s plans seem intentionally low-risk — which has assuaged investors
‘Top-quality dry Riesling is a truly thrilling drink with more pace and variation than white burgundy’
Deal for Australian winemaker demonstrates confidence in Chinese consumption
Private equity group pays $772m for Hardys label to tap into booming Chinese market
‘There are now 50 Lebanese wine producers — at the beginning of the century there were just 14’
‘Many of us have a Pavlovian reaction to the pop of a cork but guests do not have to be welcomed with fizz’
Polly Russell on what the evolving history of glassware reveals about our changing attitudes to alcohol
‘New world’ vineyards borrow from tradition of more than four centuries
Former ITN correspondent David Smith — now a vineyard owner — discusses the province’s quiet revolution
Having driven up quality, wineries are moving into gastro-tourism
