The most common question I am asked (apart from where on earth I got my funny name from – Precious Bane , by Mary Webb) is, ‘There are so many wines to choose from. How can I learn more...

Imagine starting up a wine business where there is a 400-year history of viciculture but vineyard land can cost as little as $1,160 a hectare, or $470 an acre! This is the recently renascent...

In a nutshell : Right climate, lots of vines. Main grapes : International mix. The independent state of Moldova is so far the only former Soviet republic to have established...

Georgia has one of the world’s oldest and most vibrant wine cultures. She can and frequently does lay claim to being the birthplace of viticulture and attributes the longevity of many Georgians...

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

Please note that italics refer to grape varieties that have their own entries in this guide to hundreds of the most significant grapes currently grown around the world to produce red, and...

Please note that italics refer to grape varieties that have their own entries in this guide to hundreds of the most significant grapes currently grown around the world to produce white...

This white-wine-producing mutation of Pinot Noir is enjoying a wave of popularity perhaps greater than it has ever known, and certainly on a wider geographical scale - even if it is relatively...

The most common question I am asked (apart from where on earth I got my funny name from – Precious Bane , by Mary Webb) is ‘There are so many wines to choose from. How can I learn...

Victoria Daskal is currently doing the OIV’s Master of Science in Wine Management at the University of Paris X. This involves travelling to 24 countries, visiting over 44 wine regions,...

In the wake of Bisso’s recent update on wine in Russia , Joachim Binz of Wineconsale GmbH based in Wiesbaden, Germany, sends this update on the current state of the Georgian wine market....

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...

Has the magic gone out of wine? This could be said to have been the over-arching theme of a rare two days of discussion between some of the world’s most respected winemakers and wine...

Several of you have asked for more details about a public symposium  being held on 18 and 19 April in Ronda, southern Spain which has been advertised in the press recently.  ...

As I climbed into the funicular on the way down from the Schatzalp restaurant above Davos, Switzerland, I was joined by someone who, like me, had not been offered the choice of a toboggan ride...