Opinion

Andrew Jefford: ‘Clairette is the brother of Grenache, and the perfect variety for revealing terroir here’

Andrew Jefford on the Clairette grape variety...

Walls: Exceptional single-vineyard Côte-Rôtie from Benjamin & David Duclaux

Eliza Dumais: From rosé all day, to no way rosé. Has pink wine lost its lustre?

Rosé, just not all day...

Baudains: ‘Natural wines don’t stink’, part 2

A further dive into the world of low intervention...

Walls: The joy of sand

With 11 wines from sandy soils...

Andrew Jefford: ‘We face three challenges: lack of rain, manpower and tourism’

Jefford talks to Yiannis Paraskevopoulos about the struggles Santorini faces in winemaking...

Walls' hidden gems: Domaine Verzier, a new future for the northern Rhône

Transparent wines with a sense of place...

Roger Jones: ‘Recent experiences have reignited my enthusiasm for NZ Sauvignon’

Roger Jones with a guest column on this iconic category...

Walls: Reflections on what makes cuvée Boisrenard so spéciale

A truly special cuvée...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Fine wines, like humans, seem to be moving into the semaglutide era, too’

Andrew Jefford on what we are looking for in a fine wine...

Baudains: Wines from the Tuscan coast

Discover Tuscany's coastal provinces, with 20 wines recommended...

Pursehouse: ‘An April on the road, and 10 of my top wines tasted’

Our North American Editor sounds off an adventurous April...

Hugh Johnson: ‘Labels, of course, play the key role’

Hugh Jonhson on wine's 'real worth'...

Blind faith: Eliza Dumais on our obsession with tasting blind

Why are we so fixated on tasting without seeing the label?

Andrew Jefford: ‘Listen to the best teacher in the world: nature’

Andrew Jefford talks to a fourth-generation Barolo producer with vineyards in Serralunga...

St-Joseph: Revisiting 2022 in bottle

Surprising balance from an extreme year...

The ethical drinker: Let’s talk about bees

Natalie Earl on the importance of bees...

Baudains: Veneto's viticultural riches

Celebrating the diversity of Veneto's wine offering...

Katherine Cole: ‘The surest way to ensure wine’s demise is to politicise it’

Mixing politics and wine? Katherine Cole comments...

Côtes du Rhône Villages Nyons: Where olives and vines are inextricably linked

Go here to satisfy both your wine and olive cravings...

Pursehouse: ‘I reviewed over 150 wines in March, here are 10 standouts‘

North American editor Clive Pursehouse shares his tasting highlights from March...