We had a severe hailstorm at the end of June that affected 60% of all my vineyards and the west-facing ones were destroyed between 60 and 100% – even under the hail nets :/ Fire fighters had to clear ...

Varieties that leap over mountains with no regard for geopolitical borders make definitions tricky, says Wink Lorch. Above, a vineyard at Domaine St-Germain in St-Pierre d’Albigny in Savoie.

Today the vast majority of restaurants are far more relaxed than they were pre-2000. There has been a levelling up in the relationship between the customer, far more savvy and informed than in the ...

The second episode of a new seven-part podcast series giving the definitive story of Jancis’s life and career so far.

Santa Barbara County has a great deal to offer. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, Sta Rita Hills from the terrace of Justin Willett’s Mae Estate.

Italy remains the world’s largest producer with a forecast 47.3 million hectolitres, followed by France at 35.9 million hectolitres, Spain at 29.4 million hectolitres, the USA at 21.7 million ...

When I revisited Santa Barbara County’s wine country for the first time in 10 years recently I thought I was in southern California. Wrong! Southern California starts south of the attractive Mission ...

Beaujolais ‘nouveau’ has been produced since as far back, possibly further, than the early 1800s, when winemakers (as so many in Europe already did) toasted their new vintage by quaffing wines poured ...

After explaining the background and research to my book Wine and the Food of Asia in part one, then identifying some fail-safe bottles in part two, we can now get down to the nitty-gritty of finding ...

The five months since my last Portuguese collections have passed in a whirl, between working on the maps of the 9th edition of The World Atlas of Wine (deadline end of March, publication September ...