Category Comment - Wine

Vine-pulls back on agenda as Bordeaux’s wine struggles continue

By common consensus, this year’s en primeur campaign in Bordeaux was another lethargic one. Uninspiring in quality, high in price and…

China tariffs can’t hide Australia’s wider wine woes

Ten years ago I was talking to a very exasperated brand manager for one of the big Cognac houses. He’d…

Global heating should make wine industry rethink relationship with water

As I was researching this month’s column, a startling picture appeared in my Twitter feed of a sunken boat at…

The rise of the hybrid in wine

A few years ago we almost bought a Boston terrier – a small, square-headed, snub-nosed dog breed with character to…

How COVID-19 reshaped the wine landscape forever – comment

Two years on from the start of the global shutdown, are we now living in a post-COVID world? On the…