A cheeky little wine column
It’s easy to scoff at some descriptions of wine – the trick lies in blending science and art
What’s happening in wine in 2016
From UK supermarkets to the rise of Canada, here’s what to watch out for this year
Mix up your Christmas drinking traditions
Everybody has their seasonal rituals – this year, give them a tweak
20 best red wines for Christmas
Supermarket bargains and bottles to splash out on: our pick of the holiday wines
20 best white wines for Christmas
From high street budget wines to the pick of the high-end bottles, our pick of the whites for the holiday season
10 best sparkling wines and champagne for Christmas
From affordable Italian fizz to scintillating prestige cuvees, the corks to pop for a celebration
Why the Oxford Companion to Wine is so ‘awesomesauce’
The fourth edition of this masterpiece of vinuous scholarship has much to say about wine’s ideological divides
How good does a cooking wine have to be?
It’s not the quality but the composition that counts when you’re unleashing your inner Keith Floyd
The joys of DIY wine blending
Judicious home blending of budget bottles can make the difference between borderline acceptable and pleasantly palatable
40 best summer drinks: fizz
The 10 best champagnes and sparkling wines to buy this summer
40 best summer drinks: red wine
The 10 best red wines to buy this summer
40 best summer drinks: white wine
The 10 best white wines to buy this summer
A good year for the rosés
Wine producers are taking rosé more seriously. At heart, it’s still the perfect easygoing summer wine
Why do people get so cross about natural wine?
For some critics it’s the gamey flavours; for others it’s the sometimes sanctimonious ideology. But natural wine is here to stay
Bulgaria, Romania and the new wave of wine
Winemaking in the Soviet satellites fell from grace in the late 1990s, but there has been a resurgence led by an exotic cast of aristocrats and Brits, says David Williams