Opinion

Is it time to farewell glass and find better ways to serve wine? Oliver Styles is open to persuasion.

Are our wine decisions being made by right people and for the right reasons? History may tell us.

After more than four years of stuttering starts, Brexit finally looms as a reality for the British wine trade.

Can we strike a balance between slavishly following tradition and trying new things? Let's start with pizza...

Do you get annoyed when wines are compared to women? Or to men? If so, you're not alone.

Accusations of sexism by a noted whiskey writer has raised questions about propriety, but relevance is the key.

Smoke damage – or the perception of it – will be front of mind for producers and consumers.

Are rosé wines inherently inferior, or is it a case of outright discrimination?

Patience is the key when it comes to opening the favorite wine from your collection.

Celebrity cuvées aren't going to go away, so should wine writers accept that fact and move on?

With tongue near cheek, Tom Jarvis discusses the hopes and fears around opening the best wine in his collection.

It's the de facto way to asess wine, but is it time to dump the brown paper bags and blindfolds?

A European move towards ingredient labeling on wine should be enthusiastically taken up by American producers.

So-called wine experts are always confident of their opinions, no matter how divorced from reality they might be.

Champagne celebrates it, so why are we averse to blending vintages when it comes to still wines?

People tend to think of wineries as quiet places but, as winemaker Oliver Styles points out, they really aren't.

There will be wine after Covid-19 has passed, but will it be the type of wine we love?

National Association of Wine Retailers executive director Tom Wark comes out firing over playing petty politics in a crisis.

Wine critics often tend towards pomposity, but shouldn't they be trying to entertain as well as instruct their readers?

The US won't be expanding its tariff regime against European wines in the immediate future, despite the doomsayers.

Do we over-emphasize the impact a winemaker has on the finished wine?

Making predictions can be foolish, as James Lawrence discovers when he revisits his prognostications from last year.

Targeting wine tariffs at a specific target might be more effective than a blanket blockade, according to one importer.

Is the prospect of tariffs really as apocalyptic as some commentators are making it out to be?

Is it possible that the home of wine is losing its taste for its own heritage?

It isn't just fraudulent labeling, counterfeit cuvees and crooked corks you have to look out for these days.

Exclusivity is reaching new heights with the launch of a bunch of wines into orbit.

Despite rumors of a resurrection, Sherry's slow but assured demise looks more certain than ever.

Jaded hack Oliver Styles looks for a real story among the money-blinded multitude of advertorials.

New York-based wine consultant Charles Curtis MW responds to our story about this year's Champagne vintage.