I hate to fuel the 2009 frenzy but it’s too late anyway. News of the potential quality of the vintage made the front page of the FT on Saturday. Whilst in Bordeaux

Last week, I headed off to the Rhône Valley, Languedoc and Provence, starting in Côte Rôtie and descending upon the beautiful and unusual Hérault Valley

Our upbeat report on the 2009 vintage in Burgundy and Bordeaux a couple of weeks ago, was reiterated by Jancis Robinson in Saturday’s Financial Times.

I do not know of a club that is harder to get into than the Institute of Masters of Wine (except perhaps Whites if you are female). For once

California vintners in the Napa Valley area, which primarily produce Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a new hybrid grape