Hot, hot, hot – and much quieter than usual. Above, one of Sylt's many (delightfully cool) beaches. This month’s diary will be shorter than usual because I did very little other than wilt – a bit like ...

We've whittled the 309 entries to our 2025 wine writing competition down to a shortlist of the top 25. Readers have until midnight UK time on Monday 15 September to vote HERE for their favourite ...

In Rioja Alta the monks whispered prayersu2028 into furrows, not cathedrals.u2028 Temprano, they called it—u2028 the early ...

Below is a rough guide to what our numbers mean. Although we are not very comfortable with scoring wines because it is so difficult to encapsulate a wine's qualities in a single score, we do realise ...

In this brief but clever entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, sommelier Maria Banson writes a haiku about Chardonnay. See the guide to our competition for more.

The final resto on Ben’s whistle-stop tour leads him to England’s south coast and Hove’s thriving food scene.

It’s not just the weather—it’s a reckoning. The monsoon in India (June – September) feeds 1.4 billion people, replenishes ...

Joseph Rosenfeld writes this passionate entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about Zibibbo – Muscat of Alexandria's Sicilian alter ego. See this guide to our competition for more fantastic wine ...

Arnaud C. Sauvignon, with his strong posture, acknowledging his position at the top of the hierarchy; Régine Chardonnay, ...

This is a white wine from Adelaide Hills, produced by Worlds Apart Wines. See our expert review of the 2023 on JancisRobinson.com.

Oliver Carr writes Oliver Carr is a sommelier who now lives in Denmark and works for wine distributor Vinova. Vinova imports, among other things, wines from the Loire Valley “Riesling might be the ...

The Institute of Masters of Wine has today announced that a new Master of Wine has joined the membership after successfully ...