The Knowledge
Icons of Whisky: Independent Bottlings
Collectors should look more to independent bottlings as mature distillery labels dry up...
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2019: Most Traded Wines
At the year's end, we look at the most traded wines of 2019
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Q4: Most Traded Wines
The biggfest movers and shakers of the year's final stretch
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Winemakers to Watch | Part 2
Producers making us look at classic regions in a new way
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Winemakers to Watch | Part 1
We look at the game-changers and rising stars in fine wine
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Wine is Going Green
Wine has a long way to go but the first steps are promising...
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Q1: Most Traded Wines
Who are the biggest movers and shakers on the secondary market?
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Champagne Investment
What makes top bubbly the darling of the secondary market?
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Soaring Super Tuscans
One of the fastest growing fine wine classes on the market...
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Terroir: Beyond the Vine
Why the origin of the barrel is so important in winemaking
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The Story of Champagne
How Champagne became the world's favourite celebratory tipple...
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Know Your Grapes: Pinot Noir
What makes the most beguiling grape of them all so special?
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Spotlight 17: First Growths
Can Bordeaux's top châteaux make sense of an "intellectual vintage"?
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James' Take on BDX 2017
James Colacicchi, Senior Fine Wine Sales, gives his musings on the vintage
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Champagne: Vintage... Non-Vintage?
An introduction to Vintage versus N.V.
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Champagne: As We Know It
Now with intentional bubbles, Champagne takes 18th century Europe by storm!
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The Sicilian New Wave
Don't miss out on this explosive island's latest trends!
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The Champagne-Burgundy Rivalry
France's explosive wine rivalry in the age of the Sun King
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Investing in Whisky
As investors are becoming more and more wine-savvy, there is a natural inclination to look elsewhere for new opportunities. Every class and category of whisk(e)y is seeing unprecedented demand and as a result, sales are soaring globally. Not just in traditional markets such as Europe, North America and Japan, but also elsewhere in Asia, Africa and South America with clamour particularly high for prestige bottles.
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The Art of Collaboration
With the recent release of the 2013 vintage of Caro, it is easy to see how successful this collaboration between two of the world’s most famous wineries has been over the years. Consistent high-scores, high-demand and always fast to sell-out, it is proof of the value of cooperation in wine.
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How To keep Wine At Home
If you were to do a google image search of wine cellars you’ll see all kinds of grandeur, from modern, bespoke Spiral Cellars to mediaeval-looking dungeons fitted out with cast iron racks. For all this variety there are basic elements that all good cellars share: consistent temperature, darkness and reasonable humidity. As we all know, wine cellars are generally underground because this is the only place these conditions occur naturally. In an urban setting, it’s not so common to have access to an underground cellar and if you’re in a high-rise flat or apartment, there’s no chance. So how do you make sure your prized bottles don’t go off?
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Wine in the Day of Valentine
We take a look back at the history of wine in the Roman Empire.
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Fine Wine Investment
Alice Shepperd - Fine Wine Trader - sits down with Gastro Magazine to discuss fine wine investment
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The Worth of White Burgundy
Hardly a week goes by where the controversial subject of aged white burgundy is not raised in some form or another, and a lively debate ensues of whether the rewards of one of these feared yet revered bottles is worth the inherent risk. Some devoted Burgundian fanatics swear to have a cellar full of white burgundy and to have never encountered more than the occasional off bottle while others have pledged that they will never again take the risk on a category of wine so plagued with erratic problems. At the crux of this issue is the uncertainty of what exactly is responsible for the heart-breaking premature oxidation of many a cherished bottle of white burgundy made prior to the mid 2000’s. The possible causes have been attributed it to the lowered Sulphur Dioxide levels at this time, poor cork treatments, the extent of batonnage, the vigour of the press, how the wine has been stored or a combination of all of these. Extensive research has been done on the subject with incredibly detailed records of which producers and vintages might be most likely to fall victim to pre-mox, but without knowing for certain why this problem is so prevalent and when it can be expected to strike, there remains a great deal of uncertainty of whether the issue may occur again.
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