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....

The results from Acker Merrall & Condit’s recent auction previewed here , contrast somewhat with their first attempt to capitalise on Hong Kong’s burgeoning fine wine market....

The lowest number of barrels in 21 years went on sale at the Hospices de Beaune auction yesterday and prices for red wines were dramatically lower than last year. This year's total of...

On 27 Feb this year, duty rates on all alcohol except spirits were abolished in Hong Kong in a move intended to establish the city as a fine wine hub to rival the likes of London and New York...

It will be fascinating to see what sort of prices are fetched by the super-starry lots in two major fine wine sales to be held in Hong Kong this month. The first is to be held on...

These are the notes from an amazing recent tasting organised in London by MARC Fine Wines of a range of 22 top vintages of Penfolds Grange back to the legendary 1955. See Putting Grange back on...

In a nutshell : Deep, sweet, strong wine, mostly very consistently made in many different styles. Main grapes : Touriga Nacional and myriad others. Although there are wines...

I wonder how many of the wine drinkers who lap up Australia's rich, sturdy Shirazes realise that they are made from the very same grape as some of France's finest, and rarest, reds, the twin jewels...

Penfolds have announced the dates for this year’s ‘premium and complementary’ after-sales service for anyone with a bottle of Penfolds’ red wine over 15 years old. ...

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.  ...

The wine is available in all Adnams stores (list below) and also via www.adnams.co.uk and  01502 727222. Adnams Cellar & Kitchen Stores: Southwold Victoria Street,...

After an absence of seven years, Christie’s wine department will be back in Asia for an auction on 29 Nov2008 at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre. The headline wines in...

Anyone keen to buy into the 2007 vintage but less than enthusiastic about bordeaux should think seriously about Germany’s exceptional 2007 vintage. Europe’s weird weather pattern last...

See also German 2007 tasting notes - L-Z .   Below is the first half of our roughly 450 tasting notes on Germany’s attractive and useful 2007 vintage. Where both Julia and...

See also our German 2007 tasting notes - A-K   Below is the second half of our roughly 450 tasting notes on Germany’s attractive and useful 2007 vintage. Where both Julia...