While their bigger and more downmarket rivals offer increasingly cut-throat deals on wine (three bottles for £10 or even £9) to lure customers into their stores to buy food etc, Waitrose has...

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...

First an apology to the many visitors here who do not live in the UK and are therefore not within reach of a branch of our most famous retailer (especially of underwear - hence the image, not...

This line up of more than 50 wines from one of Europe's less well-known wine producing countries came about thanks to the enthusiastic response of a purple pager to a trip to Luxembourg...

In a nutshell: Some fine value, under-appreciated by the French. Main grapes: practically anything but especially the international varieties. Vin de Pays means 'country...

In a nutshell : France's New World wine region, with some improving appellations too. Main grapes : Carignan, Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsaut (red); Maccabéo, Grenache...

AC , appellation contrôlée,  France's principal and much-imitated quality designation system, devised to protect producers from imitators and to guarantee authenticity to...

bianco , white. cantina means literally ‘cellar’ or ‘winery’. A Cantina Sociale is a co-operative winery. Classico , usually the original heartland of a wine...

In a nutshell : Distinctive reds, a good range of whites, some bargains and increasingly convincing answers to international styles. Main grapes : Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon,...

blanco , white. bodega, wine cellar or winery. clarete , uniquely Spanish light red that is somewhere between pink and full tinto. Crianza , the most basic level...

In a nutshell : The world's most neglected wine treasure. Main grape : Palomino (white). Many modern wine drinkers will look at this section and wonder why on earth I think it...

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...

The Muscat grape may not be thought of as one of the great international classics but its history is many times longer than that of such newcomers as Cabernet Sauvignon for example. It was almost...

Find this wine What could be more suitable for the dying rays of the northern hemisphere’s summer than a dry rosé bargain made for the table? And what a story this one has...

If you saw today’s video of the terrace, and beer, at El Bulli, you might be interested to know a bit more about what we ate and drank there last Saturday night.  ...