Don't pour that ancient bottle of wine down the sink! Some of the corks from an evening described below that proved why. Left ...

Good value, reliable reds and whites.

Blends have the advantage in this vintage, though Walter has uncovered the best of the single-vineyard and selezione wines, too. Come back tomorrow for his reviews of the 2019 Riservas and a few late ...

I've put these common tasting terms for aromas into groups, but their real use, I hope, is to help you when blind tasting. (If a mature red wine smells strongly of strawberries, for example, chances ...

Among other things, a tasting involving two devices that are popular for seasonal gifting: Coravin and eto. Every December, there's a spike of traffic to the articles I've written here about the eto ...

Plus details on Treasury’s newest acquisition in China: Stone & Moon Winery, shown above. US’s largest alcohol distributor sued On Thursday 12 December, the FTC sued Southern Glazer's, the US’s ...

Reviews of 127 champagnes and other sparkling wines tasted recently by Tam and Jancis. Image © Leif Carlsson, courtesy of Champagne Billecart-Salmon. Jancis writes ...

Red wines may have the upper hand in this warm vintage, but there are whites worth seeking out and some outstanding sweet wines. See also Bordeaux 2022 in bottle – left-bank reds. And see Bordeaux ...

Part 2 of a collection of Portuguese wines tasted by Julia over the last six months or so: mostly reds plus a few ports not included in Port – 2022 and much more. See also yesterday’s article on fizz, ...

Crisp light whites, thin reds.

When else are you going to drink them? Above, the sort of place (in this case the Sanchez Romate bodega) where many of today's recommendations matured for far more years than you would imagine from ...

From Muscadet to Chinon to Sancerre, this Loire Valley wine tasting shows off the region’s diversity, energy and talent – not to mention value! The team at Terra Vita Vinum, pictured above, produced ...