Making wine on the West Bank

by Anna Greenhous
Imagine a wine region where delays at checkpoints are a part of daily life and your land can be confiscated at any time for “security reasons”. Where daily life is...

Heritage: boon or burden?

by Tim Atkin
Good morning, goeie more, everyone, and thank you for giving up part of your Saturday to be here at Nederburg. I’d also like to thank Distell, the Auction and its...

Top 50 Italian Wines – Classifica 2015

by Tim Atkin
Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio – Monprivato Barolo DOCG 2010 – Piemonte Giuseppe Rinaldi – Brunate Barolo DOCG 2011 – Piemonte Duemani – Duemani Costa Toscana – IGP Cabernet Franc 2012...

Back to the future

by Simon Woolf
Fine wines are timeless – that elusive combination of elegance, complexity and gravitas, plus ageing potential in spades. Their prices unfortunately are not. Top rank Bordeaux, Burgundy or mature Barolos...

Blank de Blanc

by Simon Woolf
Browsing the wine selection at Bordeaux airport is revealing. Unsurprisingly, the grand vins of the Médoc, St. Emilion and Pomerol take up most of the shelf space, with some more...

Virgile Joly: Doing it the hard way

by Simon Woolf
If you work in the wine industry, you’ve probably heard this joke before: What’s the best way to become a millionaire in wine? Answer – start with two million. Definitely...

Taking to the flor

by Natasha Hughes MW
Fashion, so the experts say, is cyclical. Wear your flared jeans or Annie Hall waistcoat long enough and you’ll eventually look like you’re in with the in crowd. (Don’t hold...