We talk about Cabernet the way we talk about sports. We talk about Pinot Noir the way we talk about religion.” This characteristically pithy observation by Terry Theise, with which Meg Maker begins her penetrating study of “The Evolving...
As he presents a range of his own remarkable images inspired by Vincent van Gogh, Jon Wyand muses on vineyard paintings both real and imagined. “I daydream about a chest containing a few rolled-up canvases painted by Vincent during an...
John Saker seeks the truth behind the romantic backstory of the clone responsible for some of New Zealand’s finest Pinots. Did it originate in a suitcase-smuggled cutting taken from DRC’s La Tâche monopole? Or does it have an altogether more...
This proudly independent South African viticulturist left behind a conservative family and careers in journalism and law to become one of the earliest and foremost proponents of the cultural and social value of old vines. Margaret Rand...
Ken Gargett traces the history of what may well be Australia’s most significant grape variety, exploring the region-by-region dierences and picking out some of the country’s finest contemporary Chardonnay producers and their wines.
Margaret Rand heads to West Sussex to meet the team behind England’s most celebrated sparkling-wine producer.
Joanna Simon enjoys a singular exquisite creation (and 11 other courses) at The Fat Duck.
