Free for all Sicilian winemaker Giuseppe Benanti dies A pioneer in Etna's winemaking renaissance has passed. On 1 February at... 6 Feb 2023 Walter Speller
Tasting articles New Italian releases 2022 – the centre, south and islands Walter takes us south to see what he has been tasting. See... 28 Dec 2022 Walter Speller
Tasting articles Florio ushers Marsala into a new age Declared dead on many occasions, Marsala keeps on bouncing back, now with... 22 Dec 2022 Walter Speller
Free for all Nicolas Belfrage MW (1940–2022) by Simon Loftus The man who turned Suffolk brewer Adnams into a dazzling wine merchant... 12 Oct 2022 Guest contributor
Max on Oz Coaxing wine from a red desert The Chalmers family in Australia's inland wine engine room are at it... 4 Jul 2022 Max Allen
Tasting articles Soldera and Cornelissen Expensive wines from most unusual winemakers. Frank Cornelissen above with his famous... 9 Jun 2022 Jancis Robinson
Tasting articles The triumphant 2016 Rosso del Conte Is Italy's best 2016 Sicilian? Last February I asked Ivo Basile, Tasca... 8 Jun 2022 Walter Speller
Tasting articles New Italian releases – the rest See the first part of this collection of nearly 200 tasting notes... 4 Apr 2022 Walter Speller
Wines of the week Santa Tresa 2018 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Sicily has been basking in the JR.com limelight in 2021, with no... 3 Dec 2021 Tamlyn Currin
Wines of the week Donnafugata, Ben Ryé Passito 2018 Pantelleria When is a dried wine sweet? When it's a passito… Half-bottles from... 26 Nov 2021 Richard Hemming MW
Don't quote me 2021 book reviews – Mediterranean Santorini and the southern Italian psyche explored. The Wines of Santorini Yiannis... 23 Nov 2021 Tamlyn Currin
Free for all WWC21 – Contrada Rampante, Sicily 'My name is Sarah Bray, DipWSET, and I am a wine-focused communications... 29 Aug 2021 Guest contributor
Tasting articles Etna 2019 and 2018 – the search for identity 2018 and 2019, Nebbiolo and Pinot Noir, Burgundy and Barolo: comparisons abound... 16 Aug 2021 Walter Speller
Travel tips Top tips for wine tourists 12 August 2021 Hopeful that international travel restrictions will continue to be... 12 Aug 2021 Guest contributor
Free for all WWC21 – La Vigna di Don Peppino, Sicily Some of the entrants to our writing competition come from the least... 10 Aug 2021 Guest contributor
Tasting articles I Suoli – freestyling on Etna Making wine for fun on the volcano. From left to right above... 30 Jun 2021 Walter Speller