A guide to our coverage of vintage 2023 in the Rhône Valley. Above, the Rhône viewed from vineyards in Ampuis (courtesy of Inter Rhône).

As is often the case there was more disparity in quality in Crozes-Hermitage but for good reason in 2023. A belt of hail swept through the southern part of the appellation on 29 July affecting ...

Côte Rôtie produced a healthy volume of fruit in 2023 and, providing growers reined back on excess and waited for individual ...

On the whole, northern Rhône whites fared well in 2023. Despite relatively low acidity and higher pHs there’s a freshness in ...

The Yellow Bittern is open for Monday lunch when many restaurants of a similar calibre are closed. There is even a bookshop ...

In 1988 I wrote a book called The Demon Drink about the defining ingredient of all alcoholic drinks. It did not exactly fly ...

Clearly, I am an American – which means I’m preoccupied by the potential demise of our political system on 5 November … but I ...

After a marathon tasting spree from Vienne to Valence, James Lawther finds the challenging vintage light on ageability but ...

The best of the autumn offerings from Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, The Co-op and Lidl – and thoughts on the brutal retail ...

Warming, sweet, historic and a bargain: from €17.50, $29.99, £25.75. Above is the view from the office of Domaine La Tour ...

The Wine Society outdid itself for value in the wines it showed to the media last month. The proportion of wines I marked GV, VGV and even VVGV for various shades of value felt like the highest ever.

Lesson learned after judging the UK finals of the Copa Jerez sherry-and-food pairing competition: the kids are alright, and ...