Russia

Wines of the week A highly unusual, thoroughly satisfying wine made at the Purcari winery above and designed to raise money for the Ukrainian...

Free for all Tim Hall of Scala Wine, an avid Champagne-watcher, gives the low-down on Russia's recent wine-labelling diktat. On 2 July, while...

Inside information 28 January 2021 Wine lovers will be intrigued by how big a part new vineyards and luxurious wineries play in...

Tasting articles A clutch of Russian wines turned out to be rather impressive. A Belgian wine importer contacted me to suggest I...

Nick on restaurants The smile that was beginning to reappear on the faces of many restaurateurs across the UK, inspired by a slight...

Free for all A shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also Doing business in and around Crimea...

Free for all This, a Throwback Thursday republished article, was first published on 29 October 2009 after my visit to the winelands of...

Inside information Written by Moscow-based wine writer Bisso Atanassov. Now that the new year has started, some figures about the 2011 wine...

Inside information Moscow-based wine writer and importer Bisso Atanassov has kept us informed of the absurdities and frustrations of the Russian wine...

Free for all Written by Moscow-based wine writer Bisso Atanassov. The Russian wine market continues to be an unpredictable concoction of local producers'...

Tasting articles I took part in an extraordinary tasting of 120 'treasures' from the Soviet era during my recent visit to Russia's...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times . I feel rather ashamed of...

Tasting articles For the first time on a wine trip I felt rather like an explorer on my recent visit to Russia...

Free for all I'm sitting in Vienna airport on my way home from a most surprising trip to the winelands on Russia's Black...

Free for all Here's a little quiz. I'm currently in Russia, learning about the wines produced in the far south of the country...

Inside information Bisso Atanassov, himself a Moscow-based wine importer as well as wine writer, so arguably less detached than ideal contributors to...