Here's a scene from my recent visit to Clos des Papes which should set the heart of  any lover of Rhône wines racing. You will see on the right, the gentleman in the flat cap that...

The 2008 California growing season had it all: frost, wind, drought, heat and smoke from massive wildfires. With more adversity than vintners are accustomed to in this typically easy-peasy region,...

Latest update : On 24 Nov, McGuire said in a prepared statement, “The current economic crisis has made it difficult to obtain capital and applied additional pressure to our financial...

The following tasting notes are compiled from several different tastings held in London in September and October by various importers and merchants. They are organised by style, then...

Below are notes on some top-quality wines that are actually ready to drink, and available to British wine lovers by the single bottle – admittedly provided another 11 are bought....

Mel Jones, currently working on her Master of Wine dissertation, gives us her impressions of 54 of the wines from the main range that Britain’s Majestic chose to show off to the press this...

Evening Land Vineyards is an exciting and extremely ambitious new project that spans some first class Pinot Noir sites in Oregon and California. The operation, led by former Hollywood...

A few months ago I was introduced to the new wine label, Evening Land Vineyards (see tasting notes and more background here ), which produces some particularly impressive wines from Oregon and...

To the surprise of no one, except perhaps an egotistical chef or two, Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry in Napa Valley (whose modest Yountville premises are pictured here) is the lone...

The Argentine wine scene continues to be affected by the arrival of new Chilean investors who have so far invested in areas such as Luján de Cuyo, La Consulta, Perdriel and Agrelo. Based on...

The pleasure of being back in Ballymaloe House, 30 miles south-east of Cork in southern Ireland, after 27 years was accentuated when Darina Allen pointed to my place at the dinner table and said,...

At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on a diet Adding to the growing list of wine producers...

From £5.99 and $10. Find this wine This was by a mile the best value wine at a recent tasting of the revitalised Odd bins’ new range – I actually wrote that it was too...

Just as the Australian wine industry battles to demonstrate that it can do more than churn out inexpensive, technically perfect, fast-fade Shiraz and Chardonnay from its rapidly dessicating...

Dodie Miller has been the attractive and passionate conduit for distributing the most authentic Mexican ingredients to both professional and amateur chefs across the UK for the past 15 years....