A significant percentage of the fine wine buying population expects each and every purchase to bring the grail of the perfect bottle within grasping distanceRead more

Chardonnay has had a bad press since the 1990s.Read more

The more the world produces decent Pinot Noir, the more the price of the top-end French examples continues to rise.Read more

John  Ruskin's famous adage - "There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey" - could pretty much be tailor-made for the world of wine.Read more

Buying and selling wine farms has been in the news lately, although the Quoin Rock-Auction Alliance saga reveals more about the selling environment than the wine business.Read more