Austrian reds
As well as sublime rieslings and gruner veltliner, Austria produces some increasingly well regarded reds, notably from blaufränkisch and zweigelt.
Queensland wine
In 2005 Queensland’s nascent wine industry received a lot of attention and I explored what what going on.
Red wines from Germany
Germany doesn’t just make white wine, but it does still keep the best of its reds under wraps.
Bordeaux basics
Concise introduction to the world’s most highly reputed wine region.
Cava bubbles forth
Not quite half of the non-Champagne bubbles drunk in the UK is Cava.
Bright whites from Spain
Spain makes some super white wines in fresh, aromatic, fruit-focused styles, unencumbered by complicating oak.
English Wine
English wine goes from strength to strength
Terroir in Australia – regionality by any other name?
As Australian producers explore more niche places to grow grapes, and their marketeers promote regionality, is this merely the Aussie view on that most French of concepts – terroir?
Cool New Zealand chic
Is New Zealand the epitome of cool climate in the new world?
Cool climate wines in Chile
Forget the north-south divide, the search for cooler climates in Chile is creating an east-west divide.
