Wine 101 with kate hawkings

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WELCOME TO OUR WINE CLUB! ‘Ta-da! Hello to Platinum’s new-look monthly column where we’ll be learning all about wine with Elizabeth Hawthornthwaite, our resident expert. Whether you’re a swirl-and-sni

Difficult to get hold of they may be, but Swiss reds and whites are distinctive, delicious, diverse and definitely worth tracking down

This month we’re heading back to the Levant region of West Asia – specifically, Lebanon. This is an ancient region, with cities dating back to 8800 BC and evidence of habitation for over 14,000 years.

If the name of this picturesque corner of southwest France conjures up the rustic ‘black wines’ of tradition, then look again: times have been changing, and wine styles with them, in the homeland of Malbec

Our regular reviewer finds Assouline’s latest coffee-table offering heavy on style but light on substance