After a rough patch, this Margaux château is on the up – demonstrated in a tasting of 27 vintages. General manager Alexander van Beek is pictured above. See also this guide to our bordeaux verticals.

The first of three groups of profiles of some of the most impressive of the many applicants for this year’s Golden Vines scholarships interviewed on behalf of the Gérard Basset Foundation are all ...

The one aspect of wine that we can all agree on is the inexorable rise of rosé since Sacha Lichine sold his father’s Bordeaux ...

The Bordeaux négociants offer relatively exotic wines in a now-traditional event each September, in an effort to bolster their balance sheets. Jancis filled in the gaps in our growing tasting notes ...

Looking for more freedom, he set up on his own in 2009. When his uncle retired in 2014, he was able to take back his 4-ha (10 ...

Meanwhile, our panel of judges have been busy reading the shortlisted – and carefully anonymised – entries to determine the ...

One spring day in 2004, winemaker Jason Drew found himself on a hilltop in the West Sonoma Coast, looking north, with vigneron David Hirsch. They had just finished a tour of Hirsch’s vineyard ...

Sitting at a table only metres from the water’s edge, on the same shoreline where fishermen once brought their catch ashore, ...

Many of the mongers and some of the producers deliver nationally/internationally, so even if you live far from the source or ...

Give in to the siren call of Cornwall’s extraordinary fish and meat, plus the great wine from next door.

I have wanted to write about Conca de Barberà for quite some time, as the region’s fine, fresh reds feel more relevant than ...

As the world increasingly looks for wines with finesse and freshness, this small Catalan appellation feels more relevant than ...