Whatever time you’re reading this, in whatever time-zone, a factory in Manchester is bottling countless litres of wine. Not quite countless, in fact; in 2010, they handled 73.3 million litres,...

I have just published my very enthusiastic tasting notes on Chapoutier's 2009 Sélections Parcellaires . Because I was out of the country, I couldn't attend Michel Chapoutier's recent...

Peter Gago spent last week in London on a punishing schedule. On the third day of the London Wine Fair he didn't make it to the bathroom once.  I caught up with him late morning Friday, after...

Last week I went to a dinner given by Neville Abraham, founder of the distinctive 1980s wine merchant Les Amis du Vin in London, which at one time employed both Clive Coates MW and...