" The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different." Aldous Huxley. The Kathleen &...

At least two California producers are doing their bit in sometimes innovative ways for the environment. Fetzer bottles go on a diet Adding to the growing list of wine producers...

Things are really happening now in the UK in terms of reducing the weight of wine bottles. See, for example, our Name and shame heavy bottles campaign. In Wrapping it right: those lighter...

Colmar in landlocked Alsace in the east of France seemed the ideal location to put to rest one of the longest running myths in the restaurant world: that one should avoid ordering fish in a...

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...

In a nutshell : Good value, reliable reds and whites. Main grapes : Pinot Noir, Gamay (red); Chardonnay, Aligoté (white). To the immediate south of the grand white wine vineyards of...

In a nutshell: Export-driven industry making waves and fruit-driven wines, all over the world. Main grapes : Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon (red); Chardonnay, Semillon, Riesling...

Our loafing correspondent Lindsay Hamilton, ex co-owner of Farr Vintners, has already treated us to an account of one of the lunches with which he now fills his days. Here’s a second...

  Can these 10 green bottles be effectively recycled? Might they evolve into 10 clear, coated bottles over the next few years? These and other questions were addressed...

House wines used to be the most disappointing aspect of any visit to any restaurant. Often thin and acidic, a house wine’s only saving grace – at least until the following morning...

The year 1982 is of huge significance in the world of wine. It was the vintage that marked the beginning of the modern era in Bordeaux, when ripe fruit was first accepted as fine bordeaux’s...

As I walked out of the restaurant in the extraordinary BMW World on the outskirts of Munich, the sight that confronted me of a couple driving off in a car was initially not that unusual. It is...

In answer to my article about wine shipping temperatures , our old friend David Schildknecht, who until recently was a wine importer in Ohio, sends the following very personal and practical...

See also Schildknecht on reefer madness for an ex-importer's view. Last summer a thousand cases of very fine wine indeed had to be poured straight down San Francisco’s...

In terms of fine wine, the year just ending looks eerily similar to 1997. It may well prove to be more famous for its dramatic price rises than for the vintage itself.   Wine...