Santa Barbara County has a great deal to offer. A slightly shorter version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Above, Sta Rita Hills from the terrace of Justin Willett’s Mae Estate.

Italy remains the world’s largest producer with a forecast 47.3 million hectolitres, followed by France at 35.9 million hectolitres, Spain at 29.4 million hectolitres, the USA at 21.7 million ...

Beaujolais ‘nouveau’ has been produced since as far back, possibly further, than the early 1800s, when winemakers (as so many in Europe already did) toasted their new vintage by quaffing wines poured ...

When I revisited Santa Barbara County’s wine country for the first time in 10 years recently I thought I was in southern California. Wrong! Southern California starts south of the attractive Mission ...

After explaining the background and research to my book Wine and the Food of Asia in part one, then identifying some fail-safe bottles in part two, we can now get down to the nitty-gritty of finding ...

The five months since my last Portuguese collections have passed in a whirl, between working on the maps of the 9th edition of The World Atlas of Wine (deadline end of March, publication September ...

Enclos and Valley are two very different restaurants barely 200 yards from each other, on or very close to the historic plaza in the town of Sonoma, California. Both restaurants vividly represent the ...

Kicking off a new monthly column, Ben introduces us to the dark arts of wine and cheese pairing. Above, Langres – a French cheese just made for fizz.

Julia writes The Wachau remains separate from the other wine regions along the Danube and for good reason. Not because it grows different varieties, although Riesling and Grüner Veltliner are more ...

Catarratto and Grillo get a makeover on Sicily, challenging the island’s ever-popular reds. Tasca d’Almerita’s vineyards on the island of Mozia in the Marsala lagoon are pictured above.

Jancis writes Majestic’s buying team continue to do a good job, even if the consumer has to buy at least six mixed bottles to take advantage of their best prices.

The first of a new seven-part podcast series giving the definitive story of Jancis’s life and career so far. This series is based on original recordings made in August 2025 with Jancis as well as her ...