Just a very brief note to say that at long last the Pugibets of Domaine de la Colombette have been allowed by EU authorities to sell their specially reduced alcohol wines, as described here...

 See related thread in Members' forum  What is dark, sticky, transforms plain vanilla ice cream into a feast and can cost as little as £6.40 per half-litre? The answer is a varietal...

See related thread in Members' forum Tonight Channel 4, one of Britain’s four major tv channels, is devoting its top documentary slot to wine (Dispatches at 8pm). I am in the difficult...

The island's most exciting vine product is Commandaria, a historic dark, raisiny dessert wine which, you just know on tasting it, could be very good indeed. Cyprus has otherwise...

In a nutshell : Exportable international varietals. Main grapes : Cabernet Sauvignon, Mavrud, Melnik (red); Rkatsiteli, Aligoté, Chardonnay (white). With much less promising...

In a nutshell : Seriously underdeveloped. Main grapes : Feteasca Alba, Feteasca Regala, Welschriesling, Tamiioasa (white); Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot (red). Romania has great...

Carignan is a curious red wine grape that provokes strong reactions in those who know about it. Yet, despite the fact it was the single most common vine variety planted in  the world's...

This is a co-operative that has been living through a complete culture change over the last few years, motivated by market imperatives and urged on by the dynamic team in charge of winemaking,...

Wine writer Monty Waldin, quite coincidentally producer of this week’s wine of the week , has been visiting the troubled Montalcino zone on a regular basis since 2004. Over the last...

Do you remember one of the prime reasons that sherry died a death? In the 1960s sherry was so commonplace in Britain that it featured in the cost of living index and in the 1970s Jerez was one...

France’s new five - year plan to beef up its wine exports incorporates some very specific ambitions. The average amount of French wine exported each year in the 1990s was 13.6 million hl (a...

Bisso Atanassov of Simple Wine News sends this report on recently released figures on wine in Russia last year. It sounds like a market that could interest producers of the cheapest possible...

A  report earlier this week on a recent study which tested 40 samples of red wine for pesticide residues makes scary reading. The study was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network...

See also tasting notes on more than 150 Slovenian wines, some outstanding. Slovenia’s is possibly the most unusual wine culture in the world, certainly in Europe....

Wine label printers have much to thank the Hungarians for.   From the beginning of this year the name Tocai Friulano is officially banned from wine labels exported from Italy,...