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...

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...

Here, in some haste but in obedient response to this request on the forum, are the notes I managed to take at London wine merchant Goedhuis’s recent wallow in top quality burgundy. Allen...

Two sizeable verticals, one of St-Julien second-growth Ch Léoville Poyferré and one of its sister property Ch Le Crock in St-Estèphe, were tasted in Bordeaux last March with Didier Cuvelier...

I reckoned that the least Richard Hemming deserves after sending us so many entertaining reports from his experiences as a cellar rat in McLaren Vale and as a valiant English vineyard slave is...

2006 A coolish summer was followed by an Indian summer punctuated by two bouts of rain but the grapes were healthy enough to withstand them. Promising. 2005 Reduced crop of decent...

2007 Very wet spring but the region had a much drier summer than most of the rest of France. Wines and tannins are very ripe. 2006 Some very lusciously fruited wines that may not...

2007 A dank summer led to rotten Pinot Noir grapes and the need for extremely strict selection. The vintage is unlikely to notch up record scores. 2006 Poor summer with vine health...

2007 Complicated year requiring great precision with both picking schedules and selection. The top properties succeeded yet again. 2006 Not that much botrytis influence....

2007 The season’s low temperatures benefited these dry whites, as in 2006. With white winemaking improving each year, dry whites were Bordeaux’s real triumph in 2007. 2006 The...

2007 An extremely difficult year for growers, with rampant mildew, not enough sun, too much rain until September. Thanks to an arsenal of modern techniques, not least rigorous selection, those...

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...

For an introduction to the region and to this series of profiles , see The right road to northern Greece and Greece backs indigenous varieties . Biblia Chora is a striking joint...

For an introduction to the region and to this series of profiles , see The right road to northern Greece and Greece backs indigenous varieties . Civil engineer Yiannis Papadopoulos...

It has taken some time for me to publish the next lot of tasting notes from one of the little notebooks I keep with me for significant wines enjoyed at well-laden tables. The first appeared here...