Best of 2017: Can wine be radical?
Simon Woolf wonders whether sustainable winegrowing can be an act of defiance.
Exotic Wine Travel cracks Croatia
Books are strange things. In the 21st century, they're curiously out of whack with our demands for immediacy, and fast being replaced by digital equivalents in many settings. Yet they carry a certain gravitas a...
Tasting Georgia: An Inspirational Guide to Georgian Wine Culture
Carla Capalbo's new book is part travelogue, part recipe book and part guide.
The vexed question of winery tasting fees
What constitutes a reasonable fee, and how flexible does one need to be?
Dalmatian Rarities
I’m a long time fan of Dalmatia, Croatia’s southerly Mediterranean paradise. It was the first part of the country I ever visited, back in 2003 when the scars of civil war were much closer to the surface than th...
Return to the Volcano
As Etna continues to expand, Simon heads back to see what's new.
Burgundy: Hearts or Minds?
Reviewing the recent film "Burgundy: People with a Passion for Wine"
Can wine be radical?
Sometimes the vine can be mightier than the sword.