The Cabernet is fine, but look to Shiraz, Pinot Gris and other less-popular varieties to taste where Victoria really shines. My trip to Australia earlier this year was focused on Victoria’s ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

This year’s harvest in Santorini is one for the history books, but for all the wrong reasons. Total production is expected to hover just above 350–400 tonnes. For a world-famous wine appellation, this ...