Quality producers want their grapes hand-picked – but labour shortages are looming. Caroline Gilby MW looks at the situation in Eastern Europe.

Since they burst onto the scene earlier this century, New World red blends have taken the wine world by storm. James Lawrence has the story.

Apothic is a wine that helped create and define an entire category. Felicity Carter hears how it was done.

Three decades after the end of communism, Moldova’s wine industry is still finding its feet. Caroline Gilby MW reports.

Airén is one of Spain’s most widely planted whites. Yet it almost never appears under its own name. James Lawrence asks why.

Grigoris Michailos charts the evolution in style and the challenges ahead for Naoussa region in Northern Greece, Macedonia.

Okanagan Crush Pad began small but grew to have a regional impact. Michaela Morris reports

Back in 2019, before anybody had heard of Covid-19, wineries prepared for their 2020 wine launches. Jeff Siegel looks at what happened next.

Wolfgang Fassbender unlocks the mystery of what the inhabitants of this wealthy country buy when they choose their wines.

Some of the most influential winemakers in Chile are the least well known. Marcela Burgos meets them at some of Chile’s biggest companies.

James Lawrence reports on a once-lagging category that is now bubbling away. 

The launch of Fabelhaft represents a key moment in wine label design. Richard Woodard finds out more.

Jeff Siegel looks at how appellation labelling can help wineries to charge more for their wines – sometimes.

A handful of producers have struck gold in Languedoc Roussillon. But why, asks Robert Joseph, have so many others struggled?

To stay competitive, Bordeaux is cutting wine production and focusing on better quality and marketing. Panos Kakaviatos reports.