Bluf fer’s guide to… barrel ageing

The pleasures and challenges of making – and describing – great wines

If any grape can be described as producing the Marmite of wine styles, it’s sauvignon blanc: you either love it or you hate it. This herbaceous, citrussy white goes from rustic, light workhorse in Fra

The majority of Switzerland’s wine is made in the French-speaking part of the country. The Rhône rises high in the Alps and transverses Valais, the largest wine region, before it flows into France. Im

It’s October and Black History Month, and that’s why I’d like to celebrate the winemaking women of colour in the wine world who have triumphed over many challenges and have a fascinating story to tell

Amaretto is a sweet, almond-flavoured Italian liqueur that is most famously used in an amaretto sour but also pairs really well with dark spirits like whisky. Here we’ve used it in an old fashioned to

New drinks and tipples to try