By Joe Fattorini | Published – 3 Jul 2024 Wine-producing families go back centuries in Hungary and deserve to have a bigger fan base, argues our expert. 1. Chateau Dereszla Tokaji Dry 12.5% RRP £14.49 Modern wine rules number 42: if in doubt in a restaurant, choose the Hungarian dry Furmint. There are two reasons for […]
The best Hungarian wines – and why you should try them Read More »
After 14 years as the Guardian’s wine critic, Fiona Beckett is stashing her spittoon for a different sort of flight. What are her final tips? All good things come to an end, and this is my last week as your wine writer. It’s now nearly 14 years since I wrote my first column, and it’s
One for the road: my final wine recommendations Read More »
8th February 2024by Richard Siddleposted in Insight, “Greek wine has come a long way over the past years. I believe that in today’s rapidly evolving global wine scene, an annually updated Greek wine report has become indispensable.” Which is why Yiannis Karakasis MW has pulled together arguably the most comprehensive guide to Greek wines in his new
Yiannis Karakasis MW celebrates Greek wines in his new report Read More »
Julian Barnes Vol. 46 No. 21 · 7 November 2024 A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front by Adam D. Zientek.McGill-Queen’s, 272 pp., £34, February, 978 0 2280 1993 0 Awidely distributed temperance poster from 1902 produced by Dr Galtier-Boissière is headed ‘L’alcool, voilà l’ennemi.’ It shows two faces at the top. One is that
La Chasse au Pinard Read More »
14 May 2025 On the hunt for the best budget bubbles? Discover the best supermarket prosecco, crémant and cava from our independent taste tests Sparkling white wines such as cava, crémant and prosecco are are good choice you’re after a top-notch fizz for less. The best have style and complexity to match champagne – or
Best sparkling wines Read More »
February 1st 2008 Issue Grape research in Washington State will soon receive a financial boost from the Washington Wine Commission. The commission will set aside about $100,000 for research this year from industry assessments that it collects. Last year, growers and wine producers approved an increase in their assessment rates from $6 per ton of
Assessment hike boosts research funds Read More »
by Linda Zsindely, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Flavescence dorée, a dreaded grapevine disease among winegrowers, is spreading beyond cultivated vineyards. A joint study by the federal research institute WSL and Agroscope published in the Journal of Plant Biology shows that gone-wild grapevines and related vector insects contribute to the spread of the disease
Are gone-wild grapevines a danger to viticulture? Read More »
May 12, 2025 Davis, Calif., May 12, 2025 –Dr. Markus Keller, one of the world’s foremost authorities on grapevine physiology and vineyard management, will deliver the Honorary Research Lecture, “Simply Water: H2O and Prejudice,” at the 2025 American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) National Conference, to be held June 16-19 in Monterey, California. As
There are plenty of shortcomings when examining research and development for the nation’s wine and grape industry-funding cutbacks, a disconnect between industry and researchers, areas of research insufficiently funded, and inconsistent focus on research priorities. But a diverse industry group is working to strengthen wine and grape research in America. The U.S. wine industry has
Wine industry works to build research funding Read More »
by Maximilian Matthews, Ebba Engstrom, Dr Elena Dieckmann, Sanjana Kakar19 December 2024 Researchers from Design Engineering, Center for Environmental Policy and NIAB are advancing sustainability and innovation in UK viticulture. The UK wine industry has undergone significant transformation over the past two decades, whereby the production of grapes (viticulture) for wine production was as of 2023 one of the fastest
Innovating for the UK Wine industry with NIAB and Imperial Read More »
