Goings on in Australia, New Zealand, Roussillon and a couple of significant boardrooms.

The great grape gets the press it deserves. And it won’t cost you a thing.

The Dombeya Scholarship is announced.

A competition to test your powers of speech recognition.

But do they go far enough? Or even in the right direction?

Please tell us whether Riesling is used on wine labels in your country for grapes other than Germany’s finest.

Three recommendations - two for the eyes and one for the seriously patient ears.

In London, Munich, Miami and New York this October.

Lisa Shara Hall files a report on last week's Riesling Rendezvous in Washington state, attended by the likes of Pigott, Theise and a host of Germany's very best growers.

And a series of winemaker dinners, plus a possibly paint-smelling lunch.

An online glimpse to save you going to the cinema.

Fancy a novel, if potentially back-breaking, day with a vigneron?

Linda Murphy remembers Tom Shelton of Joseph Phelps.

A plea on behalf of Germany's new generation of fully ripe trockens.

News of a clever scheme to raise standards of wine service and selling in the Cape. See also Tyson's first video diary.

150 lots from Château Latour expected to realise in excess of HK $10 million.

The owner of Cos d'Estournel managed to acquire the landmark Napa winery in secrecy.

A valiant attempt by a group of Bordeaux producers to become more visible.

Why some wines leave me feeling scratchy.

And California loses one of its best wine columns.